The application of air- and moisture-stable dinuclear palladium(I) complex [Pd(μ-I)(Pt-Bu3)]2 as an efficient catalyst for the Heck cross-coupling reaction of aryl iodides and
bromides with acrylates and styrenes is described. The developed protocol is robust
and operationally simple and shows a high functional-group tolerance. The employed
palladium(I) dimer catalyst is highly robust under these nucleophilic as well as elevated-temperature
conditions, allowing its recovery after reaction completion and recycling.
Key words
palladium(I) dimer - cross-coupling - Heck reaction - dinuclear catalysis - alkenes
- catalyst recycling