Catalysis and regioselectivity of the aqueous Heck reaction by Pd(0) nanoparticles under ultrasonic irradiation

Zuhui Zhang, Zhenggen Zha, Changsheng Gan, Chongfeng Pan, Yuqing Zhou, Zhiyong Wang, Ming Ming Zhou

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Abstract

An aqueous Heck reaction carried out under ultrasonic irradiation at the ambient temperature (25 °C) has been shown in this study to afford high yields of corresponding products. It was found that as a catalyst for the reaction palladium forms nanoparticles in-situ, characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) analyses, and can be recycled. Furthermore, the Heck reaction under such mild and environmentally friendly conditions offers excellent regioselectivity of para-over ortho-substitution in phenyl iodides especially with electron-donating groups.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4339-4342
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Organic Chemistry
Volume71
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 26 May 2006
Externally publishedYes

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