Palladium(II)-Schiff base complex supported on multi-walled carbon nanotubes: A heterogeneous and reusable catalyst in the Suzuki-Miyaura and copper-free Sonogashira-Hagihara reactions

The air-moisture stable and recyclable palladium(II) Schiff base complex anchored to multi-walled carbon nanotubes (Pd-Schiff base@MWCNTs) behaves as a very efficient heterogeneous catalyst in the Suzuki-Miyaura coupling of arylboronic acids and aryl halides, and the Sonogashira-Hagihara reaction of aryl iodides and terminal alkynes in aqueous media to afford the corresponding C-C couplings in high yields. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.