“…[5][6][7][8] These motifs also serve as ligands in catalysts, functional materials, conductive polymers and theoretically interesting molecules. [9][10][11][12] Due to the wide-ranging usefulness of biaryls, transition-metalmediated methods such as SMC, [13,14] Stille, [15,16] Negishi, [17] Kumada [18] and Hiyama [19,20] reactions are realized by cross-coupling of haloarenes with organometallic partners. Among these protocols, SMC is the most productive in synthesizing biaryls and offers several advantages like ready availability of substrates, use of safe and high-stability arylboronic acids, large functional group tolerance and ease of handling.…”