Journals / Turkish Journal of Chemistry / 2007 / Cilt: 31 - Sayı: 4

Benzimidazolylidene Carbene Ligated Palladium Catalysis of the Heck Reaction in Aqueous Media

Pages
397–402
DOI
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Abstract

A highly effective, easy to handle and environmentally benign process for a palladium mediated Heck reaction was developed. The in situ prepared 3-component system, Pd(OAc)2 / 1,3-dialkylbenzimidazolium chlorides (LHX = 1a-g) and Cs2CO3, catalyzes quantitatively the Heck coupling of aryl bromides under mild conditions in aqueous media.

Özet

A highly effective, easy to handle and environmentally benign process for a palladium mediated Heck reaction was developed. The in situ prepared 3-component system, Pd(OAc)2 / 1,3-dialkylbenzimidazolium chlorides (LHX = 1a-g) and Cs2CO3, catalyzes quantitatively the Heck coupling of aryl bromides under mild conditions in aqueous media.

Keywords: Heck coupling, palladium, benzimidazolin-2-ylidene, benzimidazolium, N-heterocyclic carbene