title: Synthesis, structural characterization, and catalytic behaviour in Heck coupling of palladium(II) complexes containing pyrimidine-functionalized N-heterocyclic carbenes.
abstract: [Pd(L1)2(CH3CN)](PF6)2 (L1 = 1-n-butyl-3-(2-pyrimidyl)imidazolylidene, 3) and [Pd(L2)2](PF6)2 (L2 = 1-(2-picolyl)-3-(2-pyrimidyl)imidazolylidene 4), prepared via carbene transfer reactions of [Ag(L1)2]PF6 (1) and [Ag2(L2)2](PF6)2 (2) with palladium salts, respectively, have been fully characterized by 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy and elemental analysis. The X-ray crystal structures of complexes 1-4 are reported. Complex 3 is an unusual pentacoordinated palladium complex, in which the palladium is coordinated by two imidazolylidene, two pyridine, and one acetonitrile molecule in a square-pyramidal geometry. The apical position is occupied by a pyrimidine nitrogen atom with a relatively long Pd-N distance (2.762(6) angstroms). Complex is a typical square-planar palladium complex with palladium surrounded by two pairs of cis-arranged pyridine and imidazolylidene ligands. The complexes exhibit good catalytic activities in the Heck coupling reaction of aryl bromides and activated aryl chlorides under mild conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Xixi Campus, Hangzhou 310028, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Jiansheng
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Wanzhi
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Daqi
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wang