Technical Notes:

1. A phosphorous free pre catalyst for the efficient 1 ,4 conjugate addition of arylboronic acids to enones.

2.A pre catalyst for addition of arylboronic acids to ary! aldehydes.

3.With aluminum isopropoxide forms a self-supported heterog eneous catalyst for the stereoselective polymerization of phenylacetylene to cis-poly(phenylacetylene). (Ref. 3

References:

1.Organometallics, 2006, 25, 3548.

2.J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127, 12238.

3.J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128, 8740.