An Air-Stable Palladium/N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complex and Its Reactivity in Aryl Amination
Mihai S. Viciu, Rebecca M. Kissling, Edwin D. Stevens and Steven P. Nolan*
*School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, St Andrews
KY16 9ST, U.K., Email: sn17
st-andrews.ac.uk
M. S. Viciu, R. M. Kissling, E. D. Stevens, S. P. Nolan, Org. Lett., 2002, 4, 2229-2231.
DOI: 10.1021/ol0260831 (free Supporting Information)

Abstract
A mild and efficient amination of aryl chlorides and bromides could be performed under nitrogen and under aerobic conditions with small effects on yields and reaction times using the air and moisture stable complex [Pd(IPr)Cl2]2 as catalyst and potassium tert-amylate as base.
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ID: J54-Y2002-530
