Original One-Pot Microwave-Promoted Hunsdiecker—Suzuki Strategy: Straightforward Access to trans-1,2-Diarylethenes from Cinnamic Acids.

Abstract An original strategy combining a Hunsdiecker-type bromodecarboxylation and a Suzuki cross-coupling reaction starting from various cinnamic acids has been developed in one-pot and under microwave heating to give trans -1,2-diarylethenes in few minutes.