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A Robust and Efficient Pd3 Cluster Catalyst for the Suzuki Reaction and Its Odd Mechanism

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The palladium-catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reaction is one of the most versatile and powerful tools for constructing synthetically useful unsymmetrical aryl–aryl bonds. In designing a Pd cluster as a candidate for… Click to show full abstract

The palladium-catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reaction is one of the most versatile and powerful tools for constructing synthetically useful unsymmetrical aryl–aryl bonds. In designing a Pd cluster as a candidate for efficient catalysis and mechanistic investigations, it was envisaged to study a case intermediate between, although very different from, the “classic” Pd(0)Ln and Pd nanoparticle families of catalysts. In this work, the cluster [Pd3Cl(PPh2)2(PPh3)3]+[SbF6]− (abbreviated Pd3Cl) was synthesized and fully characterized as a remarkably robust framework that is stable up to 170 °C and fully air-stable. Pd3Cl was found to catalyze the Suzuki–Miyaura C–C cross-coupling of a variety of aryl bromides and arylboronic acids under ambient aerobic conditions. The reaction proceeds while keeping the integrity of the cluster framework all along the catalytic cycle via the intermediate Pd3Ar, as evidenced by mass spectrometry and quick X-ray absorption fine structure. In the absence of the substrate under ...

Keywords: pd3 cluster; cluster catalyst; efficient pd3; robust efficient; reaction; cluster

Journal Title: ACS Catalysis
Year Published: 2017

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