A polymer-supported salen-palladium complex as a heterogeneous catalyst for the Mizoroki-Heck cross-coupling reaction

Abstract

In this work, the catalytic performance of a polymer-supported Pd(II)-salen complex (PS-Pd-salen) as an effective and environmentally friendly catalyst for the Mizoroki-Heck CC cross-coupling reaction is presented. The PS-Pd-salen complex was employed as a catalyst for Mizoroki-Heck reactions of an aryl halide with various terminal alkenes (Styrene, Methyl acrylate, Ethyl acrylate, n-butyl acrylate, tert-Butyl acrylate) under phosphine free conditions. Moreover, a range of Mizoroki-Heck reactions using different polar solvents, co-solvents, and bases has been investigated. Aryl iodides and bromides with terminal alkene are well activated in CC coupling reactions. All products were isolated by column chromatography as liquids/white to off-white crystalline solids and confirmed by 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy. The catalyst could be easily separated by filtrations and reusability of catalyst was also assessed under optimized conditions. The hot filtration test revealed that the catalyst was truly heterogeneous, very active and stable under the reaction conditions and could be reused up to fifth cycles with analogous activities to that of the fresh catalyst. High catalytic activity at a low concentration (30 mg) and flexibility under mild reaction conditions, simple product work-up towards Mizoroki-Heck reactions indicated that PS-Pd-salen was an efficient catalyst for CC coupling reactions.