Easily synthesizable benzothiazole based designers palladium complexes for catalysis of Suzuki coupling: Controlling effect of aryl substituent of ligand on role and composition of insitu generated binary nanomaterial (PdS or Pd16S7)

Abstract

The present report is based on straightforward synthesis of molecular palladium complexes of benzothiazole based bulky ligands. Catalytic potential of 1[Pd(L1)2Cl2] and 2[Pd(L2)2Cl2] has been screened for Suzuki coupling. Due to structural difference between 1 and 2 (anthracen-9-yl in 1, and pyren-1-yl in 2), they behave as designers pre-catalysts and show different catalytic behaviour and nature by dispensing the nanoparticles of different materials (PdS by 1 and Pd16S7 by 2). This is an unprecedented observation as the size of the aryl substituent controls the efficiency (efficiency: 1 > 2) through determining the composition and nature of insitu generated nanoparticles.