Catalytically active palladium pyridylidene complexes : pyridinium ionic liquids as N-heterocyclic carbene precursors
Albrecht, MartinChemistry Department, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Stoeckli-Evans, HelenInstitut de Chimie, Laboratoire de Cristallographie, Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland
22.08.2005
Published in:
Chemical Communications. - 2005, no. 37, p. 4705-4707
English
Pyridinium salts similar to those used as ionic liquid solvents readily undergo palladation in the presence of a base, thus giving palladium-pyridylidene N-heterocyclic carbene complexes that are active catalysts for Suzuki-type cross-coupling reactions.