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A dihydronaphthalene stannane was found to couple with aryl iodides to give exclusively cine substitution instead of the expected Stille product. A crossover study ruled out a mechanism previously proposed that included a disfavored antibeta-elimination of Pd-H, and provides further evidence for the involvement of Pd(0) carbenes in these processes.

β-Fluroenol triflates 2have been prepared from the corresponding α-fluoro ketones 1using Stang's procedure. Some palladium catalyzed reactions of 2aare also reported.