The main-group age: The past decade has revealed main-group-element compounds that display transition-metal-like reactivity in stoichiometric and even catalytic transformations. Cornella and co-workers have now reported a bismuth complex that catalyzes fluoroarene formation from aryl boronate esters, a reaction that is almost unprecedented in transition-metal catalysis.

中文翻译：

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具有主族元素的类似过渡金属的催化：芳基硼酸酯的铋催化CF偶联。

主族时代：过去十年发现了主族元素化合物，它们在化学计量甚至催化转化中都表现出类似过渡金属的反应性。Cornella及其同事现在报道了一种铋络合物，该络合物催化由芳基硼酸酯生成氟代芳烃，这种反应在过渡金属催化中几乎是前所未有的。