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4. (a) Negishi, E.; King, A. O.; Okukado, N. J. Org. Chem. 1977, 42, 1821. (b) King, A. O.; Okukado, N.; Negishi, E. J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1977, 683. (c) King. A. O.; Negishi, E.; Villani, F. J., Jr.; Silveira, A., Jr. J. Org. Chem. 1978, 43, 358. (d) Negishi, E.; Okukado, N.; King, A. O.; Van Horn, D. E.; Spiegel, B. I. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1978, 100, 2254. (e) Negishi, E.; Valente, L. F.; Kobayashi, M. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1980, 102, 3298. (f) Kobayashi, M.; Negishi, E. J. Org. Chem. 1980, 45, 5223. (g) Matsushita, H.; Negishi, E. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1981, 103, 2882. (h) Negishi, E.; Matsushita, H.; Okukado, N. Tetrahedron Lett. 1981, 22, 2715. (i) Negishi, E.; Luo, F.-T.; Frisbee, R.; Matsushita, H. Heterocycles. 1982, 18, 117. (j) For an early contribution by other workers, see: Fauvarque, J. F.; Jutand, A. J. Organomet. Chem. 1977, 132, C17.
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7. (a) For the first successful Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling with organoboron compounds, see: Negishi, E. In Aspects of Mechanism and Organometallic Chemistry; Brewster, J. H. Ed.; Plenum: New York, 1978; pp 285-317. (b) For a seminal work on Pd-catalyzed allylation of boron enolates, see: Negishi, E.; Matsushita, H.; Chatterjee, S.; John, R. A. J. Org. Chem. 1982, 47, 3188.
8. For the earliest contribution by the Suzuki group on Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling on organoboron compounds, see: (a) Miyaura, N.; Yamada, K.; Suzuki, A. Tetrahedron Lett. 1979, 3437. (b) Miyaura, N.; Suzuki, A. J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1979, 866.
9. For the first publication on Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling with organotins, see: Kosugi, M.; Sasazawa, K.; Shimizu, Y.; Migita, T. Chem. Lett. 1977, 301.
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11. For a pivotal contribution on high-yielding and selective Hiyama coupling promoted by (Et2N)3S+(Me3SiF2)- (TASF), see Hatanaka, Y.; Hiyama, T. J. Org. Chem. 1988, 53, 918.
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14. (a) For an earlier review, see: Negishi, E. Acc. Chem. Res. 1982, 15, 340. (b) For a comprehensive review as of 2000, see: Negishi, E.; de Meijere, A., Eds. Handbook of Organopalladium Chemistry for Organic Synthesis, Wiley-Interscience, New York, 2002,
