While biphenyl motifs have garnered considerable interest in catalysis and total synthesis, conventional coupling methods are incompatible with certain desirable functionalities.  Herein, the rapid construction of halogenated biaryls 4 and 5 via a Diels-Alder cycloaddition will be disclosed.  Subsequent utilization of these biaryl templates 4 and 5 in Suzuki couplings and other conversions will also be discussed.