Synthesis and Characterization of 1,2‐bis(2′‐Pyrazineethynyl) Benzene Palladium(II) Dichloride and Its Catalysis of the Suzuki Coupling Reaction

Abstract

We report the synthesis and characterization of a new palladium complex, 1,2‐bis(2′‐pyrazineethynyl)benzene palladium(II) dichloride, and the catalysis of the Suzuki coupling reaction with this complex.

Keywords:

• 1,2‐bis(2′‐Pyrazineethynyl) benzene palladium(II) dichloride
• Suzuki coupling reaction
• Biaryl

Acknowledgments

We thank the Petroleum Research Fund administered by the ACS (Grant #37506‐B3) and the Graduate College at SMSU for partial funding of this research and the NSF for a GK‐12 Fellowship for Nate Schultheiss (Grant #DGE‐0086335).

Notes

^aCalculated using Spartan '02 Windows distributed by Wavefunction, Inc., 18401 VonKarman Avenue, Suite 370, Irvine, CA 92612, USA.

^bSpace group P‐1. Unit cell parameters: a = 7.1622(6), b = 8.2787(7), c = 14.7519(13) Å, α = 98.200(2), β = 91.441(2), γ = 103.8450(10)°. The crystallographic information file (CIF) has been deposited with the Cambridge Database with reference number, CCDC 213251.