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Pyridin- and quinolinylidene nickel carbene complexes as effective catalysts for the Grignard cross-coupling reaction

  • Sabine K. Schneider
  • , Christoph F. Rentzsch
  • , Anneke Krüger
  • , Helgard G. Raubenheimer
  • , Wolfgang A. Herrmann
  • Technical University of Munich
  • Stellenbosch University

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Abstract

A series of complex compounds that contain N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) and N-heterocyclic carbene ligands with a remote heteroatom (rNHC) have been prepared in good yields and characterized. [Cl(NHC)(PPh3)2Ni]BF4 and [Cl(rNHC)(PPh3)2Ni]BF4 also combine the stability of carbene complexes with the activity of phosphine complexes and some are active and effective precatalysts for aryl-coupling in the Kumada-Corriu reaction. Aryl chlorides can be used as substrates. Their performance in catalysis as well as their easy preparation make the new compounds superior to other comparable mixed carbene-phosphine compounds known thus far.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)50-58
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical
Volume265
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 16 Mar 2007

Keywords

  • Kumada-Corriu coupling
  • N-Heterocyclic carbenes
  • Nickel
  • Remote heteroatom N-Heterocyclic carbenes

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