Green Chemistry

Aerobic homocoupling of arylboronic acids catalysed by copper terephthalate metal–organic frameworks

P Puthiaraj, P Suresh, K Pitchumani

Index: Puthiaraj, Pillaiyar; Suresh, Palaniswamy; Pitchumani, Kasi Green Chemistry, 2014 , vol. 16, # 5 p. 2865 - 2875

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Abstract

Copper terephthalate MOF is utilised as an environmentally benign, efficient and reusable heterogeneous catalyst to effect the aerobic homocoupling of arylboronic acids yielding the corresponding symmetrical biphenyls under mild reaction conditions. This method tolerates various substituents present in arylboronic acids such as halogens, cyano and nitro groups. The catalytic performance has been compared with that of other copper based MOFs ...