Synthesis of unsymmetrically disubstituted ethynes by the palladium/copper(I)-cocatalyzed sila-Sonogashira–Hagihara coupling reactions of alkynylsilanes with aryl iodides, bromides, and chlorides through a direct activation of a carbon–silicon bond

Yasushi Nishihara, Eiji Inoue, Shintaro Noyori, Daisuke Ogawa, Yoshiaki Okada, Masayuki Iwasaki, Kentaro Takagi

Tetrahedron

Volume 68, Issue 24, 17 June 2012, Pages 4869–4881

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2012.03.093