Highly effective cellulose supported 2-aminopyridine palladium complex (Pd(II)-AMP-Cell@Al2O3) for Suzuki-Miyaura and Mizoroki–Heck cross-coupling

Abstract

In the present work, a novel, highly efficient, retrievable organo–inorganic hybrid heterogeneous catalyst (Pd(II)-AMP-Cell@Al2O3) has been prepared by covalent grafting of 2-aminopyridine on chloropropyl modified cellulose-alumina composite followed by complexation with palladium acetate. The catalyst was characterized by techniques such as scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), X-ray diffraction (XRD), inductive coupled plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES) and thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA). The catalyst has been successfully employed in Suzuki-Miyaura as well as Mizoroki–Heck cross-coupling reactions. The reactions proceed smoothly resulting in the high yields of cross-coupling products (81 to 95%) within short reaction times. The catalyst can be efficiently recovered by simple filtration and reused for multiple cycles without considerable loss in the catalytic activity. The key-features of the present protocol include mild reaction conditions, simple work-up procedure, high stability of the catalyst, high turnover number (TON) and frequency (TOF), ease recovery and reusability of the catalyst.