“…Since that time, the breadth of nucleophilic coupling partners has steadily increased and this work has been recently reviewed. 157 For example, malonate-type nucleophiles, 158 boronic acids, 159 and more recently, direct arylation methods, 160 have been utilized to make new benzyl C–C bonds though palladium-benzyl intermediates. With respect to heteroatomic nucleophiles, catalytic benzylations of phenols, 161 amines, 158d and sulfonyl nucleophiles 162 have all been disclosed.…”