Tricyclohexylphosphine-cyclopalladated ferrocenylimine complexes: synthesis, crystal structures and application in Suzuki and Heck reactions
- 9 August 2006
- journal article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Dalton Transactions
- No. 39,p. 4730-4739
- https://doi.org/10.1039/b608825b
Abstract
A series of novel tricyclohexylphosphine (PCy3)-cyclopalladated ferrocenylimine complexes 2c–2g have been easily synthesized. These new palladacycles are thermally stable and are not sensitive to air and moisture. Their detailed structures have been determined by single-crystal X-ray analysis and six different types of intermolecular hydrogen bonds are found to be existed in the crystals of these complexes. The use of 2c–2g as catalysts for Suzuki and Heck reactions was examined. They were found to be very efficient for the Suzuki reaction of aryl chlorides with phenylboronic acid. Typically, using 0.1 mol% of catalyst in the presence of 1.5 equivalent of Cs2CO3 as base in dioxane at 100 °C provided coupled products in excellent yields. These complexes also displayed good activity in the Heck reaction of a range of aryl bromides with acrylic acid ethyl ester although they were not particularly useful for the activation of aryl chlorides.Keywords
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