A magnetic nanoparticle-supported N-heterocyclic carbene-palladacycle: an efficient and recyclable solid molecular catalyst for Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of 9-chloroacridine

Chem Commun (Camb). 2017 Dec 5;53(97):13063-13066. doi: 10.1039/c7cc06958h.

Abstract

A robust magnetic nanoparticle-supported N-heterocyclic carbene-palladacycle has been readily synthesized by directly anchoring the structural defined acenaphthoimidazolylidene palladacycle with a long tail on magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs), and functioned as a solid molecular catalyst and exhibited extremely high catalytic activity towards the challenging Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reactions between less-studied heterocyclic 9-chloroacridine and diverse boronic acids. Remarkably, the catalyst could be used 5 times without obvious loss of activity highlighting the efficiency of our strategy of immobilization of previledged catalysts.