On the mechanism of palladium-catalyzed coupling of haloaryls to biaryls in water with zinc

Sudip Mukhopadhyay, Gadi Rothenberg, Diana Gitis, Yoel Sasson

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Abstract

(matrix presented) Kinetics and process parameters of coupling and hydro-dehalogenation reactions of chloroaryls are studied in the presence of zinc, water, and catalytic Pd/C. Good yields are obtained for the coupling of chlorobenzene, 4-chlorotoluene, and 4-chloro-1,1,1-trifluorotoluene. It is shown that water is actually one of the reagents, reacting with zinc in the presence of palladium to give zinc oxide and hydrogen gas, which then regenerates the Pd0 catalyst for the coupling reaction.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)211-214
Number of pages4
JournalOrganic Letters
Volume2
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 27 Jan 2000

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