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Cyclopalladated Arylimine Self‐Assembly Films for Suzuki Reaction
Author(s) -
Zhao Na,
Li Tiesheng,
Zhai Zhen,
Qiu Jingjing,
Xu Wenjian,
Liu Hui,
Wu Yangjie
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
chemcatchem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1867-3899
pISSN - 1867-3880
DOI - 10.1002/cctc.201200730
Subject(s) - suzuki reaction , catalysis , palladium , heterogeneous catalysis , aryl , chemistry , coupling reaction , x ray photoelectron spectroscopy , chemical engineering , nanomaterial based catalyst , materials science , photochemistry , organic chemistry , alkyl , engineering
A series of cyclopalladated arylimine self‐assembly films were prepared through chemical grafting to substrates and used to catalyze a Suzuki coupling reaction. Atomic force microscopy, water contact angle analysis, cyclic voltammetry, scanning electron microscopy, attenuated total‐reflectance infrared, and X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy were used to analyze the morphology and composition of the heterogeneous catalysts. The results show that these cyclopalladated arylimine self‐assembly films immobilized on substrates could be used as efficient and reusable heterogeneous catalysts in the Suzuki reaction of aryl bromides under open air conditions in aqueous solution. These catalysts exhibited 10 times the catalytic performance of the homogeneous counterpart. The palladium catalysts were grafted onto the internal surface of the round‐bottomed flasks. The reaction flasks acted as both reaction vessels and catalysts, which simplified the reaction operations. The catalysts were run over 8 cycles without showing any sign of deactivation, suggesting the potential of the catalysts as advanced functional materials with applications in the heterogeneous catalysis of Suzuki reactions.