Technical Notes:

1.Ligand for synthesis of polycyclic indoles via Pd-catalyzed intramolecular he teroannulation.

2.Ligand for the palladium-catalyzed intramolecular arylation of aryl bromides under mild conditions .

3.Ligand for cross-coupling reactions between bromoarenes and potassium allyltrifluoroborates promoted by a catalyst prepared from Pd(OAc)2 and DTBPF selectively providing Y-coupling products .

4.Ligand for the copper-catalyzed system for the ß-boration of of a variety of a,ß-unsaturated amides.

5.Ligand for the synthesis of Paucifloral F and related indanone analogues via palladium- catalyzed a-arylation.

6.Ligand for the Pd-carbon monoxide complex catalyzed hydroxycarbonylation of aryl halides.

7.Ligand for the palladium-catalyzed ßC-glycosylation by decarboxylative allylation to normal pyran systems, and cis-2,6-disubstituted tetrahydropyrans.

8.Pd-catalyzed dearomative indole bisfunctionalization via a diastereoselective arylcyanation .

9.Ligand for the copper- DTBPF catalyzed cH activation and carboxylation of terminal alkynes.