A mild and efficient method for the synthesis of structurally diverse 1,2,3-triazolylidene palladium(II) diiodo complexes. Comparison of catalytic activities for Suzuki-Miyaura coupling

Synthesis of mononuclear and PEPPSI type palladium diiodo complexes of 1,4-diphenyl-3-methyl-1,2,3-triazol-5-ylidene without the use of strong bases and silver salts and at ambient conditions using Pd(OAc)2 is reported. Using stoichiometric amounts of bidendate ligands such as pyrazine, 4,4′-bipyridine and DABCO bridged binuclear palladium diiodo complexes were obtained in excellent yields. By simple variation of reagents and their stoichiometry, one can control the reactions towards the selective formation of mononuclear [(Tz)2Pd(I)2] complexes, iodo bridged binuclear complexes [(Tz)Pd(I)(μ-I)2Pd(I)(Tz)], mononuclear PEPPSI type complexes [(Tz)Pd(I)2(Py)], bridged binuclear PEPPSI type complexes [(Tz)Pd(I)2-(bridge biPy)-(I)2Pd(Tz)]. The catalytic activities of these three structurally different types of complexes are compared for Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reaction.