Catalytic membrane-installed microchannel reactors for one-second allylic arylation

Chem Commun (Camb). 2009 Oct 7:(37):5594-6. doi: 10.1039/b912696a. Epub 2009 Aug 18.

Abstract

A variety of catalytic membranes of palladium-complexes with linear polymer ligands were prepared inside a microchannel reactor via coordinative and ionic molecular convolution to provide catalytic membrane-installed microdevices, which were applied to the instantaneous allylic arylation reaction of allylic esters and aryl boron reagents under microflow conditions to afford the corresponding coupling products within 1 second of residence time.