Tetrahedron Letters

Phosphine-free Pd–salen complexes as efficient and inexpensive catalysts for Heck and Suzuki reactions under aerobic conditions

SR Borhade, SB Waghmode

Index: Borhade, Sanjay R.; Waghmode, Suresh B. Tetrahedron Letters, 2008 , vol. 49, # 21 p. 3423 - 3429

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Abstract

Phosphine-free palladium–salen complexes, N, N′-bis (salicylidene)-ethylenediamino- palladium and N, N′-bis (salicylidene)-1, 2-phenylenediamino palladium, are found to be highly active catalysts for the Heck olefination of aryl iodides and Suzuki reaction of aryl iodides and bromides giving excellent yields (70–90%) of products under aerobic conditions, in short reaction times (10–60min).