Cross-coupling reactions catalysed by palladium pincer complexes. A review of recent advances

This paper provides a general overview of palladium pincer complexes, their structural diversity and synthetic protocols to further review the state of the art and recent advances on the organometallic chemistry of palladium pincer complexes bearing aryl and pyridine central backbones with special emphasis on their DCD, PCP, NCN, SCS, OCO, SeCSe, DCD'and DND' variants and their further applications on cross-coupling and related reactions, such as: Mizoroki-Heck, Suzuki-Miyaura, Sonogashira, Hiyama and Negishi couplings along with the allylation of aldehydes and arylation of azoles and indoles. A general discussion on the most active palladium pincer complexes in each process will also be provided. (c) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.