Flow chemistry as a discovery tool to access sp2–sp3 cross-coupling reactions via diazo compounds† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available. See DOI: 10.1039/c4sc03072a Click here for additional data file.

The room temperature sp2–sp3 cross-coupling of flow-generated diazo compounds with boronic acids is reported.

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