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Title: A polymer-bound bidentate-phosphine-palladium complex as a catalyst in the Heck arylation

Journal Article · · Journal of Organic Chemistry
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  1. Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)

Polymer-supported 1,2-bis(diisopropylphosphino)benzene Pd(II) complex 2 shows a higher level of catalytic activity than the structurally analogous monomeric Pd(II) complex 1 in the Heck arylation of methyl acrylate by iodobenzene. The polymer-supported Pd(II) complex has a much higher turnover number (by more than 1 order of magnitude) than either 1 or Pd(OAc){sub 2}/PPh{sub 3} at synthetically useful concentrations of reagents. The reaction rate of the monomeric Pd(II) complex 1 is enhanced by electrochemical prereduction of Pd(II) to Pd(0). Deactivation in homogeneous solution via aggregation of the reactive complex to insoluble palladium metal clusters or by equilibration to a sterically blocked tetraphosphino complex is proposed to explain the higher catalytic activity of the polymer-supported Pd(II) complex than of its structurally analogous soluble monomer.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
OSTI ID:
430219
Journal Information:
Journal of Organic Chemistry, Vol. 59, Issue 18; Other Information: PBD: 9 Sep 1994
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English