Nonbasic, room temperature, palladium-catalyzed coupling of aryl and alkenyl iodides with boronic acids mediated by copper(I) thiophene-2-carboxylate (CuTC).

[reaction: see text] A new protocol for the palladium-catalyzed, copper-mediated coupling of aryl and alkenyl iodides with boronic acids is described. As an alternative to the well-known and widely used Suzuki cross-coupling, this reaction occurs in the absence of a base at room temperature and should be particularly useful for the construction of substrates bearing base-sensitive and thermally sensitive moieties.