“…Kim and co-workers systematically investigated the reaction conditions for the Sonogashira cross-coupling of 2-aryl-1,1-dibromoethenes with 1-alkynes . The coupling of the dibromide 316 with the alkyne 317 , chosen as a model substrate, was carried out under a variety of conditions, including Pd catalysts [PdCl 2 (PPh 3 ) 2 , Pd 2 (dba) 3 , Pd(OAc) 2 , PdCl 2 (PhCN) 2 , PdCl 2 , Pd(PPh 3 ) 4 ], phosphine ligands [PPh 3 , TFP, P(2-MeOC 6 H 4 ) 3 , dppb, P(4-MeOC 6 H 4 ) 3 ], solvents [benzene, toluene, ClCH 2 CH 2 Cl, TFP, AcOEt, acetone, MeCN, DMF, DMSO, NMP, n -BuOH], amines [Et 3 N, piperidine, pyrrolidine, morpholine, i -Pr 2 NH, Et 2 NH, t -BuNH 2 , n -BuNH 2 ], amount of the Pd catalyst, and reaction concentration (Scheme ).…”