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Synlett 2001; 2001(10): 1539-1542
DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-17465
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A Highly Efficient Palladium/Imidazolium Salt System for Catalytic Heck Reactions

Chuluo Yang* , Steven P. Nolan
  • *Department of Chemistry, University of New Orleans, Louisiana, 70148, USA; Fax + 1(504)2 80 68 60; E-mail: snolan@uno.edu
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27 September 2001 (online)

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A palladium/imidazolium chloride system has been used to catalyze the Heck reaction. The combination of 2 mol% Pd(OAc)2 and 4 mol% IMes · HCl in the presence of Cs2CO3 as base has proven to be a highly efficient system in mediating Heck reactions of aryl bromide with n-butyl acrylate.

homogeneous catalysis - Heck reaction - palladium - imidazolium salt - nucleophilic carbene