A phosphine-free, atom-efficient cross-coupling of aryl iodides with triarylindiums or trialkynylindiums catalyzed by immobilization of palladium(0) in MCM-41

Abstract

The first phosphine-free heterogeneous atom-efficient cross-coupling reaction of aryl iodides with triarylindiums or trialkynylindiums was achieved in THF at 68 °C by using 1 mol% of MCM-41-immobilized palladium(0)-Schiff base complex [MCM-41-N,N-Pd(0)] as catalyst, yielding a variety of unsymmetrical biaryls and arylalkynes in good to excellent yields. The heterogeneous palladium(0) catalyst could easily be prepared via a simple procedure from commercially readily available reagents, and recovered by filtration of the reaction solution and recycled at least 10 times without significant loss of activity.