Denitrogenative palladium-catalyzed coupling of aryl halides with arylhydrazines under mild conditions.

The development of a method for the Pd(ii)-catalyzed denitrogenative coupling of arylhydrazines to give functionalized biaryls in good yield, using aryl bromides or aryl iodides as convenient and inexpensive aryl sources, is reported. High functional group tolerance is demonstrated for electronically distinct arylhydrazines as well as aryl halides. The desired products were isolated in good to excellent yields for 58 examples. Control experiments and mechanism studies revealed that the transformation undergoes a base-promoted Pd-catalyzed process.