Unexpected multifunctional effects of methylated cyclodextrins in a palladium charcoal-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura reaction

Org Lett. 2006 Oct 12;8(21):4823-6. doi: 10.1021/ol061836v.

Abstract

[reaction: see text] Native and modified cyclodextrins (CDs) have shown polyvalent properties in a biphasic Pd/C-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura reaction. In addition to their mass transfer ability, the CDs favored the dispersion of the catalyst in water. With the randomly methylated CDs (RaMe-beta-CD), the gains of initial activities were multiplied by factors between 3.8 and 343 depending on the nature of the substrates. The reusability of the system was also demonstrated.

MeSH terms

  • Catalysis
  • Cyclodextrins / chemistry*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Palladium / chemistry*

Substances

  • Cyclodextrins
  • Palladium