title: Soluble polymer-supported catalysts containing azo dyes.
abstract: [structure: see text] Azo benzene derivatives were incorporated into soluble polymer-bound catalysts by two different approaches. The first was to attach the dye to the polymer-bound catalysts, using the dye as an innocent spectator to study the phase preference, concentration, and recoverability of a catalyst. The second approach used an azo dye as a ligand to form an effective soluble polymer-bound Pd(II) catalyst for Heck reactions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 30012, College Station, Texas 77842-3012, USA. bergbreiter@tamu.edu
authors.forename: David E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Bergbreiter
authors.forename: Philip L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Osburn
authors.forename: Chunmei
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Li