Successful Heck-Matsuda arylations of non-activated olefins applying microwave irradiation as an alternative heating mode are presented. Cleaner reactions were performed with arenediazonium tetrafluoroborates bearing electron-donating and electron-withdrawing groups in good to excellent yields with reaction times reduced from 3.5-18 h to 12-30 min.
microwave-assisted organic synthesis; Heck-Matsuda; non-activated olefins; arenediazonium salts; palladium
