Synthesis 2007(6): 865-872  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-965938
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Imidazolium-Based Frameworks: Imidazolium Salt-Oxazoline/Palladium(II) Acetate In Situ Catalyst Systems

Ermitas Alcalde*, Immaculada Dinarès, Neus Mesquida*, Sandra Rodríguez
Laboratori de Química Orgànica, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, Avda. Joan XXIII s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
e-Mail: ealcalde@ub.edu;
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Publication History

Received 16 October 2006
Publication Date:
20 February 2007 (online)

Abstract

New simple imidazolium-based bidentate ligand precursors were prepared by a three-step protocol and bis(oxazoline) ligands were prepared in two steps. A Suzuki-Miyaura reaction was utilized to ascertain the activity of a palladium(II) catalyst system generated in situ from an oxazolinyl-imidazolium cation, a bis(oxazoline), and palladium(II) acetate. Among them, two sterically hindered N-arylimidazolium cations demonstrated their efficiency with both aryl bromides and chlorides in low catalyst-system loading.