title: Highly efficient, recyclable Pd(II) catalysts with bisimidazole ligands for the Heck reaction in ionic liquids.
abstract: [reaction: see text] New Pd(II) complexes with bisimidazole ligands were prepared and proved to be effective catalysts for the Heck reaction under phosphine-free conditions using ionic liquids as solvents. This system could be recycled five times without any loss of catalytic activity.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation, Department of Chemistry, University of Ottawa, 10 Marie Curie, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1N 6N5.
authors.forename: Soon Bong
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Howard
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Alper