Pd(II) salen complex covalently anchored to multi-walled carbon nanotubes as a heterogeneous and reusable precatalyst for Mizoroki-Heck and Hiyama crosscoupling reactions

A Pd(II) salen complex anchored to multi-walled carbon nanotubes showed excellent catalytic activity and stability for the Mizoroki-Heck and Hiyama cross-couplings of aryl halides with olefins and phenylsiloxanes. Furthermore, the heterogeneous catalyst could be reused up to four times with the catalytic activity being recovered easily after simple manipulations. Copyright (c) 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.