Dedicated to Professor Barry M. Trost to celebrate his great contributions to organic
synthesis
Polysilane/alumina-supported palladium nanoparticle catalyzed carbonylative Suzuki–Miyaura
coupling reactions under ligand-free conditions have been developed to synthesize
diaryl ketones. High yields and selectivities were achieved even with low catalyst
loading under atmospheric pressure of CO gas. A variety of aryl iodides and arylboronic
acids could be utilized to afford the diaryl ketones in excellent yields. Moreover,
the ligand-free immobilized palladium nanoparticles could be recovered by simple filtration
and the catalytic activity could be maintained for several runs.
Key words
carbonylative Suzuki–Miyaura coupling - heterogeneous catalyst - palladium catalyst
- nanoparticle - diaryl ketones