title: Palladacycle containing nitrogen and selenium: highly active pre-catalyst for the Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reaction and unprecedented conversion into nano-sized Pd17Se15.
abstract: Newly synthesized, air and moisture insensitive palladacycle [PdCl(L-H)] (L = (C(6)H(5))(2-HOC(6)H(4))CHNH(CH(2))(3)SePh; a (N, Se, C(-)) ligand) shows high catalytic activity for the Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reaction of phenylboronic acid with aryl/heteroaryl chlorides/bromides (TON for aryl chlorides up to 9200) and is converted to approximately 8 nm size particles of Pd(17)Se(15) (probably the real catalyst).
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi-110016, India.
authors.forename: Gyandshwar Kumar
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: Arun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Jahangeer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: Ajai Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Singh