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Iron-catalysed Suzuki coupling? A cautionary tale

Journal

TETRAHEDRON LETTERS
Volume 50, Issue 45, Pages 6110-6111

Publisher

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2009.08.022

Keywords

Iron catalysts; Pyridine ligands; Suzuki cross-coupling; Biaryls

Funding

  1. EPSRC
  2. GSK
  3. Syngenta and Tosoh Finechem and Tosoh Corporations
  4. JSPS [2075003]
  5. Global COE Program
  6. Advanced Education in Materials Science' from MEXT, Japan

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In our hands, Fe(II) or (III) pyridine complexes show no activity in Suzuki biaryl cross-coupling reactions, except in one irreproducible instance when complete conversion was observed. A comparison with palladium acetate under the same conditions showed that complete conversion can be obtained in a S:C ratio of 1,000,000:1 and therefore extreme caution must be exercised to prevent 'false-positives' arising from trace Pd-contaminants. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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