A comparison between (a/n-NHC)PdX2(pyridine) and (a/n-NHC)2PdX2 (X = I, Cl) type complexes of abnormal fused-bicyclic imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine based N-heterocyclic carbene (a-NHC) and of normal imidazole based N-heterocyclic carbene (n-NHC) ligands in the Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reactions

Sudipta Modak, Suchibrata Borah, A.P. Prakasham, Mobin M. Shaikh, Raymond J. Butcher, Manoj Gangwar, Prasenjit Ghosh (Corresponding author)

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Abstract

A comparison between (a/n-NHC)PdX2(pyridine) (1b, 2b and 3) and (a/n-NHC)2PdX2 (X = halide) (1c, 2c and 4) type complexes of abnormal fused-bicyclic imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine framework derived N-heterocyclic carbenes (a-NHC) and of the ubiquitous normal imidazole based N-heterocyclic carbenes (n-NHC) in Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reactions, revealed near comparable yields between the two (a/n-NHC)PdX2(pyridine) and (a/n-NHC)2PdX2 type complexes of the (a-NHC) and the (n-NHC) ligands. Indeed, the Density Functional Theory (DFT) studies performed on all of the (a/n-NHC)PdX2(pyridine) (1b, 2b and 3) and (a/n-NHC)2PdX2 type complexes (1c, 2c and 4), indicated that as the latter (1c, 2c and 4), with two (a/n-NHC) ligands bound to the metal center were only marginally electron rich than the former (1b, 2b and 3), containing only one (a/n-NHC) ligand bound to metal center, no correlation of the electron richness of the metal centers with the catalysis yields was observed for these complexes. In this regard, the (a-NHC)PdI2(pyridine) (1b and 2b) and the (a-NHC)2PdI2 (1c and 2c) type complexes of two new abnormal fused-bicyclic imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine framework derived N-heterocyclic carbenes (a-NHC) have been synthesized and structurally characterized.

Original languageEnglish
Article number119090
Number of pages9
JournalInorganica Chimica Acta
Volume498
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2019
Externally publishedYes

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Funding Information:
We thank the Department of Science and Technology (Grant No. SR/S1/IC-15/2011 ), New Delhi and Council of Scientific & Industrial Research ( CSIR ) { 01(2880)/17/EMR-II } New Delhi for financial support of this research. We gratefully acknowledge the Single Crystal X-ray Diffraction Facility at the Department of Chemistry, IIT Bombay, India for the crystallographic characterization data. SM and APP thank CSIR, New Delhi for research fellowship, SBB thanks IIT Bombay for the Institute Post-doctoral Fellowship.

Funding

We thank the Department of Science and Technology (Grant No. SR/S1/IC-15/2011 ), New Delhi and Council of Scientific & Industrial Research ( CSIR ) { 01(2880)/17/EMR-II } New Delhi for financial support of this research. We gratefully acknowledge the Single Crystal X-ray Diffraction Facility at the Department of Chemistry, IIT Bombay, India for the crystallographic characterization data. SM and APP thank CSIR, New Delhi for research fellowship, SBB thanks IIT Bombay for the Institute Post-doctoral Fellowship. We thank the Department of Science and Technology (Grant No. SR/S1/IC-15/2011), New Delhi and Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) {01(2880)/17/EMR-II} New Delhi for financial support of this research. We gratefully acknowledge the Single Crystal X-ray Diffraction Facility at the Department of Chemistry, IIT Bombay, India for the crystallographic characterization data. SM and APP thank CSIR, New Delhi for research fellowship, SBB thanks IIT Bombay for the Institute Post-doctoral Fellowship.

Keywords

  • Abnormal (a-NHC)
  • Catalysis
  • Fused-bicyclic imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine
  • N-Heterocyclic carbene
  • Palladium
  • Suzuki coupling

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