Synthesis,Crystal Structure and Catalytic Activity of a Pd-PEPPSI Complex Bearing Bromine Group

A new Pd-PEPPSI complex(2) with the bromo groups on the para-positions of N-aryl moieties of NHC has been synthesized and characterized by NMR and X-ray single-crystal diffraction. Complex 2 crystallizes in monoclinic, space group P2_1/c with a = 11.8790(8), b = 14.3038(10), c = 15.9905(11) ?, β = 101.291(2)°, V = 2664.4(3) ?3, Z = 4, D_c = 1.722 Mg/m~3, μ = 3.913 mm~(-1), F(000) = 1352, the final R = 0.0682 and wR = 0.1914 for 15113 observed reflections(I 2σ(I)), R(all data) = 0.0970, w R(all data) = 0.2115, completeness to theta of 25.00 is 100.0% and GOOF = 1.035. Influenced by the electron-withdrawing bromo groups, the Pd-PEPPSI complex(2) showed high catalytic activity for the Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reactions of aryl chlorides and arylboronic acids with a low catalyst loading(0.05 mol%) at room temperature in air.