. ▁ ▁History ▁The ▁first ▁example ▁of ▁a ▁p all ad ium ▁catal yz ed ▁coupling ▁of ▁ar yl ▁hal ides ▁with ▁organ ot in ▁re ag ents ▁was ▁reported ▁by ▁Col in ▁E ab orn ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 6 . ▁ ▁This ▁reaction ▁yield ed ▁from ▁ 7 % ▁to ▁ 5 3 % ▁of ▁di ary l ▁product . ▁ ▁This ▁process ▁was ▁expanded ▁to ▁the ▁coupling ▁of ▁a cy l ▁ch lor ides ▁with ▁alk yl - t in ▁re ag ents ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 7 ▁by ▁T oshi h iko ▁Mig ita , ▁yield ing ▁ 5 3 % ▁to ▁ 8 7 % ▁k et one ▁product . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 7 , ▁Mig ita ▁published ▁further ▁work ▁on ▁the ▁coupling ▁of ▁al ly l - t in ▁re ag ents ▁with ▁both ▁ar yl ▁( C ) ▁and ▁a cy l ▁( D ) ▁hal ides . ▁ ▁The ▁greater ▁ability ▁of ▁al ly l ▁groups ▁to ▁migr ate ▁to ▁the ▁p all ad ium ▁catal yst ▁allowed ▁the ▁re actions ▁to ▁be ▁performed ▁at ▁lower ▁temper atures . ▁ ▁Y ield s ▁for ▁ar yl ▁hal ides ▁r anged ▁from ▁ 4 % ▁to ▁ 1 0 0 %, ▁and ▁for ▁a cy l ▁hal ides ▁from ▁ 2 7 % ▁to ▁ 8 6 %. ▁ ▁Ref lect ing ▁the ▁early ▁contributions ▁of ▁Mig ita ▁and ▁Kos ug i , ▁the ▁St ille ▁Re action ▁is ▁sometimes ▁called