Unless otherwise stated, reactions were carried out as follows. An oven-dried 10 mL microwave vial was charged with 2,6-dimethyliodobenzene 6 (50.5 L, 0.35 mmol, 1 eq.), a palladium source (0.035 mmol, 0.1 eq.), a ligand (0.07 mmol, 0.2 eq.), finely ground Cs2CO3 (228.1 mg, 0.7 mmol, 2 eq.) (or other base, as specified), anhydrous benzene (2.5 mL) and a clean magnetic stirbar. The vial was capped, removed from the glovebox and stirred under irradiation from a 456 nm Kessil lamp placed 2 cm away for 24 hours (reactions were measured to reach 60 o C using an infrared thermometer). The reaction was then allowed to cool to room temperature and uncapped, after which an accurately weighed amount of n-dodecane internal standard was added. The reaction mixtures were then filtered through a short pad of celite to remove insolubles and washed with n-hexane and EtOAc. A small aliquot of the reaction mixture was diluted in EtOAc and submitted for analysis by GC-FID, where the yields of products were determined by calibration of the instrument with authentic samples vs. ndodecane (see page 31 for calibration information). % Yields are reported with respect to 2,6dimethyliodobenzene 6 (0.35 mmol).