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Palladium N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes: Synthesis from Benzimidazolium Salts and Catalytic Activity in Carbon-carbon Bond-forming Reactions
Published on: July 30, 2017
Synthesis and photocatalytic activity of a naphthyl-substituted photosensitizing BINAP-palladium complex
1Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Minami-Osawa 1-1, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192-0397, Japan. ainagaki@tmu.ac.jp.
Abstract:
A novel light-active Pd complex having a BINAP ligand with 2-naphthyl substituents on the phosphines was synthesized and characterized. The complex showed good polymerization activity toward 4-methoxystyrene during irradiation (λ = 395 nm) and the reaction progress can be controlled by ON-OFF switching of the light source. Mechanistic investigations strongly suggest a coordination-insertion mechanism.

