“…The most successful ligands have been the bulky Buchwald dialkylbiaryl phosphine ligands, such as 2-di( tert -butyl)phosphino-2′,4′,6′-triisopropyl-3-methoxy-6-methylbiphenyl (RockPhos). − RockPhos has been used in 90% of our Pd-catalyzed aryl–ether formation libraries, and only one other method has been used. In the past few years, bulky ligands, such as 5-[di(1-adamantyl)phosphino]-1′,3′,5′-triphenyl-1′ H -[1,4′]bipyrazole (AdBippyPhos), 2-(di- tert -butylphosphino)-2′,4′,6′-triisopropyl-3,6-dimethoxy-1,1′-biphenyl (tBuBrettPhos), and 2-(adamantylcyclohexylphosphino)-2′,4′,6′-triisopropyl-3,6-dimethoxybiphenyl (AdCyBrettPhos) have expanded the scope of Pd-catalyzed aryl/alkyl ether bond formation, and β-hydride elimination with secondary alcohols no longer seems to be an issue. − These newer ligands have not yet been used in a library synthesis but are being incorporated into our C–O bond forming HTE screening set. As has been done in the past for other literature reported methods, these ligands will be tested for robustness and substrate scope to determine if they are ready for use with complex medicinal chemistry scaffolds and in library synthesis.…”