Patent ID: 6867302

Claim:
A process for producing a substitute aromatic compound in one vessel, which comprises: (a) reacting in a reaction mixture first aromatic organic compound selected from the group consisting of an aryl, a six membered heteroaromatic compound, and a five membered heteroaromatic compound with a borane selected from the group consisting of a borane with a B—H, B—B, and B—Si bond in the presence of a catalytically effective amount of an iridium or rhodium complex with three or more substituents, and an organic ligand selected from the group consisting of phosphorus, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur organic ligands to form an aromatic boron compound in the reaction mixture; and (b) reacting the aromatic boron compound in the reaction mixture with a second aromatic organic compound selected from the group consisting of halide, triflate, and nonaflate in the presence of a catalytically effective, amount of a metal catalyst and in the presence of the iridium or rhodium, in the reaction mixture from step (a), wherein an aromatic group of the second aromatic organic compound is coupled to an aromatic group of the first aromatic organic boron compound to produce the substituted aromatic compound.