A practical synthesis of unsymmetrical triarylphosphines by heterogeneous palladium(0)-catalyzed cross-coupling of aryl iodides with diphenylphosphine

Abstract

The heterogeneous cross-coupling reaction of aryl iodides with diphenylphosphine was achieved in DMAc at 130 °C in the presence of 1.0 mol% of MCM-41-supported tridentate nitrogen palladium(0) complex [MCM-41-3N-Pd(0)] with KOAc as base, yielding a variety of unsymmetrical triarylphosphines in good to excellent yields. The turnover frequency (TOF) of the catalyst can reach 30.67 h−1. This new heterogeneous palladium(0) catalyst could easily be prepared by a simple procedure from commercially readily available reagents, and exhibited the same catalytic activity as homogeneous Pd(OAc)2 or Pd(PPh3)4, and could be recovered by filtration of the reaction solution and recycled at least seven times without significant loss of catalytic activity.