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  1. Aminoboration of simple alkenes with nitrogen nucleophiles remains an unsolved problem in synthetic chemistry; this transformation can be catalyzed by palladium via aminopalladation followed by transmetalation with a diboron reagent. However, this catalytic process faces inherent challenges with instability of the alkylpalladium(II) intermediate toward β-hydride elimination. Herein, we report a palladium/iron cocatalyzed aminoboration, which enables this transformation. We demonstrate these conditions on a variety of alkenes and norbornenes with an array of common nitrogen nucleophiles. In the developed strategy, the iron cocatalyst is crucial to achieving the desired reactivity by serving as a halophilic Lewis acid to release the transmetalation-active cationic alkylpalladium intermediate. Furthermore, it serves as a redox shuttle in the regeneration of the Pd(II) catalyst by reactivation of nanoparticulate palladium. 
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  2. Herein we report the palladium-catalyzed borylation of aryl halides (iodides or bromides) under base-free conditions utilizing a commercially available Lewis acidic mediator, Zn(OTf)2. Under these conditions, an array of electronically and functional group-diverse aryl iodides and bromides undergo borylation to afford the corresponding aryl boronic esters in up to 82% isolated yield. Mechanistic investigations are consistent with Zn(OTf)2 enabling transmetalation between a cationic Pd(II)-Ar intermediate and B2pin2 via halide abstraction. Furthermore, stabilization of the cationic [ArPdII]+ complex with added [BArF4]– significantly improves reaction efficiency with electron-poor arenes. 
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