Treatment of alpha-aminoalkyllithium reagents with aryl iodides in the
presence of catalytic amounts of CuCN and PdCl2(PPh(3))(2) or [(p-MeO
C(6)H(4))(3)P]Pd-4 affords 2-aryl substituted amines in modest to good
yields. Coupled products are obtained with electron rich aryl iodides
and the reaction fails with electron poor aryl halides.