Catalytic applications of an organosuperbase dendron grafted on mesoporous SBA-15 and a related palladium complex in Henry and Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reactions

An efficient synthetic method for the synthesis of a basic amine dendron grafted on SBA-15 and a related Pd(II) complex as two novel catalysts has been developed. The prepared catalysts were evaluated in Henry and Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reactions and were found to exhibit excellent heterogeneous catalytic activity in green media, and could be easily separated and reused several times. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.