Patent ID: 8211820

Claim:
A catalyst composition for a cross-coupling reaction comprising an iron or cobalt fluoride and a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound represented by Formula (1A), wherein R 1 and R 2 are same or different, and represent substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, heteroaryl group, alkyl group, cycloalkyl group, or adamantyl group; R 3 and R 4 are same or different, and represent hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, heteroaryl group, alkyl group, cycloalkyl group, adamantyl group, alkoxy group, or silyl group having three substituents selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups and aryl groups; R 3 and R 4 , taken with the carbon atoms to which they are attached, may form a saturated or unsaturated ring structure comprising carbons and/or one or more hetero elements; represents a single bond or a double bond, and X − represents a monovalent anion, and wherein the catalyst composition does not comprise a nickel catalyst.