Polyoxometalate-based N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) complexes for palladium-mediated C-C coupling and chloroaryl dehalogenation catalysis

Abstract

Better together: A novel hybrid N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) palladium complex, integrating a totally inorganic and polyanionic decatungstate unit, has been synthesized following a convergent strategy. The interplay of the Pd binding domains with the inorganic scaffold is instrumental in accessing multi-turnover catalysis in C-C crosscoupling and aromatic dehalogenation reactions under MW-assisted protocols (see scheme). (Figure Presented). © 2010 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.