Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2010, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (11): 1316-1320.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(10)60119-2

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An Efficient Protocol for a Pd(OAc)2-Catalyzed Ligand-Free Suzuki Reaction in Toluene

LIU Ning, LIU Chun*, JIN Zilin   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116012, Liaoning, China
  • Received:2010-07-29 Online:2010-11-12 Published:2014-03-28

Abstract: An efficient protocol for a Pd(OAc)2-catalyzed ligand-free Suzuki reaction of aryl bromides with arylboronic acids in the presence of K3PO4·7H2O in toluene under mild and aerobic conditions afforded cross-coupling products in good to excellent yields. Under the optimized reaction conditions (i.e., 0.5 mmol ArBr, 0.75 mmol ArB(OH)2, 1 mol% Pd(OAc)2, 1.0 mmol K3PO4·7H2O, 2 ml toluene), the Suzuki reaction between 4-nitrobromobenzene and phenylboronic acid afforded a 99% isolated yield in 5 min at 75 °C and a TOF of up to 1 188 h-1.

Key words: Suzuki reaction, arylboronic acid, aryl halide, palladium, ligand-free, toluene