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Homogeneous Catalysis for the Production of Fine Chemicals. Palladium- and Nickel-Catalysed Aromatic Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation

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In this article we describe our recent efforts in the area of palladium- and nickel-catalysed aromatic substitution reactions. Main focus is on low cost and low waste production methods. The use of aromatic carboxylic anhydrides in the Heck reaction leads to a waste-free protocol. In addition these reactions are easy to work up as no ligands or bases are used. For Heck reactions where substrates or products do not tolerate high temperatures we found that use of a bulky phosphoramidite (13b) as ligand for palladium leads to a very fast reaction at low temperatures. Recycle of palladium in ligand-free Heck and Suzuki reactions is easily accomplished by treating the palladium black that precipitates at the end of the reaction on a carrier material with a small excess of I2 prior to its re-use in the next run. Use of aryl chlorides in the palladium- and nickel-catalysed formation of biaryls can be accomplished by using the nickel-catalysed coupling with arylzinc chlorides. Better still, it was possible to make use of the arylgrignard and use a catalytic amount of ZnCl2. Whereas the strength of these aromatic substitution reactions lies in their broad tolerance of functional groups, one exception was the Sonogashira reaction on 3-bromoaniline. The problem was solved by making use of in situ catalytic protection of the NH2 group with benzaldehyde.

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Tucker, C.E., de Vries, J.G. Homogeneous Catalysis for the Production of Fine Chemicals. Palladium- and Nickel-Catalysed Aromatic Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation. Topics in Catalysis 19, 111–118 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013841518270

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