Pd/Indanone-Based Ligands: An Efficient Catalyst System for Ullmann­-Type, Suzuki–Miyaura, and Mizoroki–Heck Cross-Coupling Reactions with Aryl Tosylates and Aryl Halides

Abstract

2-Hydroxyindan-1-ones have been efficiently synthesized and successfully applied as ligands in Pd-catalyzed Ullmann type, Suzuki–Miyaura, and Mizoroki–Heck cross-coupling reactions with aryl tosylates and aryl halides. The ligands are air- and moisture-stable and have shown high catalytic activity with Pd(OAc)2 in these cross-coupling reactions. The system tolerates a variety of functional groups in the product and can be re-used at least three times with maximum efficiency.