The reaction of N,N-diethylamino-tributyltin with aryl bromides in the presence of a catalytic amount of PdCl2(o-tolyl3P)2 gave N,N-diethylaminobenzene derivatives. The reaction is a new kind of amination different from ones through aryne or SRN1 mechanise

In the presence of a catalytic amount of tetrakis(triphenylphosphine) palladium, phenyl and methyl or methoxyphenyl iodides and bromides were found to react with thiolate anions in alcoholic solvents, to give the corresponding aryl sulfides in excellent yield. The reaction is useful to prepare symmetrical or unsymmetrical diaryl sulfides and aryl alkyl sulfides. The reaction mechanism does not involve aryl halide radical anions, but is thought to involve oxidative addition of aryl halide to Pd(0), nucleophilic substitution on the adduct followed by reductive elimination.

Catalytic allylation of aryl halides with allyltributyltin in the presence of tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(O) was investigated. The reaction with aryl bromides proceeded efficiently to yield allylbenzenes.

Aryl bromide and iodide were found to react with aliphatic and aromatic thiolate anions to give the corresponding sulfides in the presence of Pd(O). The reaction was not inhibited by p-dinitrobenzene which is a good inhibitor for the SRN1.

Tributylstannyl alkyl or aryl sulfide and bis(tributylstannyl) sulfide were found to be useful to prepare aryl sulfides in good yields under the usual conditions of the palladium-catalyzed reaction with aryl bromides.