Sequential unsymmetrical aryl coupling of o-substituted aryl iodides with o-bromophenols and reaction with olefins: palladium-catalyzed synthesis of 6H-dibenzopyran derivatives.

Dibenzopyran derivatives are prepared by palladium- and norbornene-catalyzed reaction of aryl iodides, o-substituted with electron-releasing substituents, o-bromophenols, and activated alkenes.

A new reaction sequence involving palladium-catalyzed unsymmetrical aryl coupling.

Biphenylylalkenes containing an ortho substituent in one ring and a different ortho-, meta-, or para-substituent in the other are prepared in satisfactory yield from an ortho-substituted aryl iodide, an ortho-, meta-, or para-substituted aryl bromide, a terminal olefin, and a base in DMF under the joint catalytic action of palladium(0) and norbornene.