Supramolecular Pd(II) complex of DPPF and dithiolate: An efficient catalyst for amino and phenoxycarbonylation using Co2(CO)8 as sustainable C1 source

Abstract

Highly active, efficient and robust “dppf ligated tetranuclear palladium dithiolate complex” was synthesized and applied as a catalyst for chemical fixation of carbon monoxide for the synthesis value added chemicals such as tertiary amide and aromatic esters. The synthesized catalyst was characterized using different analytical techniques such as elemental analysis, 1H and 31P NMR spectroscopy. The use of Co2(CO)8 as a cheap, less toxic and low melting solid surrogate are additional advantages over the current protocol. The catalyst showed superior activity towards the Amino (10−3 mol % catalyst) and Phenoxycarbonylation (10-2 mol % catalyst) and high TON (104 to 103) and TOF (103 to 102 h-1). The Betol and Lintrin (active drug molecules) were synthesized under an optimized reaction condition. The scalability of the current protocol has been demonstrated up-to the gram level.