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title: "Suzuki–Miyaura coupling Template | MolDraw"
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description: "Suzuki–Miyaura coupling template: Catalytic cycle of the Suzuki–Miyaura coupling: oxidative addition of R¹–X to L₂Pd(0), exchange of X for OH (base)…"
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# Suzuki–Miyaura coupling template

![Suzuki–Miyaura coupling template: Catalytic cycle of the Suzuki–Miyaura coupling: oxidative addition of R¹–X to L₂Pd(0), exchange of X for OH (base), transmetalation from R²B(OH)₂ and reductive elimination of R¹–R²; key step: hydroxide activates the boronic acid.](https://www.moldraw.com/templates/download/cycle-suzuki-miyaura.svg)

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Catalytic cycle of the Suzuki–Miyaura coupling: oxidative addition of R¹–X to L₂Pd(0), exchange of X for OH (base), transmetalation from R²B(OH)₂ and reductive elimination of R¹–R²; key step: hydroxide activates the boronic acid.

## What the template shows

- Pd(0)/Pd(II) cycle: an organic halide and an organoboron compound give a new C–C bond
- Overall: R¹–X + R²–B(OH)₂ → R¹–R² (cat. Pd(0)L₂, base, e.g. NaOH or K₂CO₃)
- Pd(0), active catalyst
- two-electron cycle
- Oxidative addition (Pd(0) → Pd(II)) is usually rate-limiting; halide reactivity I > OTf > Br ≫ Cl.
- Base is essential: it forms Pd–OH (or a boronate), without which transmetalation from boron is very slow.
- Reductive elimination needs R¹ and R² cis; it forms the C–C bond and returns Pd(0).
- Boronic acids are stable, low in toxicity and tolerate water, so the reaction is widely used (Nobel Prize 2010).
- Key step: the base activates boron
- Hydroxide adds to the empty p orbital of boron; the tetrahedral boronate (or the Pd–OH complex in the cycle) transfers R² to palladium far faster than the neutral boronic acid.
- boronic acid
- L = phosphine (e.g. PPh₃); ligands are named in the captions, not drawn · every part of this figure is editable

Drawn with 20 atoms, 6 arrows, 99 shapes – every one editable in MolDraw.

## Sources

- [Miyaura & Suzuki, Chem. Rev. 1995, 95, 2457](https://doi.org/10.1021/cr00039a007) Review
- [Hartwig, Organotransition Metal Chemistry: From Bonding to Catalysis, University Science Books 2010](https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9781891389535) Textbook

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