Ionic liquid immobilized Cu(I)–hydrazone–triphenylphosphine complex: an easily recyclable catalytic system for Suzuki and Heck cross couplings

Abstract

A highly efficient, reusable, catalytic system of Heck and Suzuki cross-coupling reactions was observed for an inexpensive copper complex dispersed in ethyl-methyl imidazolium hexafluorophosphate medium, [EMIM]PF6. The reaction conditions were optimized by studying the effects of temperature, catalyst concentration, solvent, and time. This method functions for a variety of substrates towards the cross-coupling reactions. Most notably, the catalyst – ionic liquid mixture was easily recoverable and reused six times without much loss in the catalytic activity, causing a notably very low impact on the environment.