Insights into the catalytic activity of [Pd(NHC)(cin)Cl] (NHC = IPr, IPrCl, IPrBr) complexes in the Suzuki-Miyaura reaction

Steven Patrick Nolan, Frederic Izquierdo, Caroline Zinser, Yury Minenkov, David B. Cordes, Alexandra Slawin, Luigi Cavallo, Fady Nahra, Catherine S. J. Cazin

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Abstract

The influence of C4,5-halogenation on palladium N-heterocyclic carbene complexes and their activity in the Suzuki-Miyaura reaction have been investigated. Two [Pd(NHC)(cin)Cl] complexes bearing IPrCl and IPrBr ligands were synthesized. After determining electronic and steric properties of these ligands, their properties were compared to those of [Pd(IPr)(cin)Cl]. The three palladium complexes were studied using DFT calculations to delineate their behaviour in the activation step leading to the putative 12-electron active catalyst. Experimentally, their catalytic activity in the Suzuki-Miyaura reaction involving a wide range of coupling partners (30 entries) at low catalyst loading was studied.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)601-611
Number of pages11
JournalChemCatChem
Volume10
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 19 2017

Bibliographical note

KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledgements: We gratefully acknowledge the European Commission (EC) for funding through the seventh framework program SYNFLOW, the European Research Council (ERC) (Advanced Investigator Award “FUNCAT” to S. P. N.), The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and AstraZeneca (Studentship to C. M. Z.). We thank the EPSRC National Mass Spectrometry Service Centre in Swansea for mass spectrometric analyses. We thank King Saud University and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (Award No. OSR-2015-CCF-1974-03.)

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