Abstract
AbstractThe PEPPSI (Pyridine Enhanced Precatalyst Preparation, Stabilization and Initiation) complexes 12–15 with the structure [PdCl2{(CN)2IMes}(3‐R‐py)] (12: R = H; 13: R = Cl; 14: R = Br; 15: R = CN) bearing the maleonitrile‐based N‐heterocyclic carbene (NHC) (CN)2IMes ({(CN)2IMes}: 4,5‐dicyano‐1,3‐dimesitylimidazol‐2‐ylidene) were prepared. Solid state structures of 14 and 15 were obtained. Complexes 14 and 15 adopt a slightly distorted square‐planar coordination geometry in the solid state with the substituted pyridine ligand trans to the NHC. Catalytic activities of precatalysts 12–15 were studied and subsequently compared to complexes [PdCl2{(CN)2IMes}(PPh3)] (4) and [PdCl(dmba){(CN)2IMes}] (5) recently reported by our group in the Suzuki–Miyaura reaction of various aryl halides and phenylboronic acid. Reactions using previously reported [PdCl2(IMes)(py)] (IMes: 1,3‐dimesitylimidazol‐2‐ylidene) (1) were also carried out and their results contrasted to those involving 12–15, 4 and 5. Differences in initiation rates and the catalytically active species related to the seven complexes in regards to the “throw away ligand” were investigated. Poisoning experiments with mercury show that palladium nanoparticles are responsible for the catalytic activity.
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