A tetranuclear CuII2DyIII2 coordination cluster as a Suzuki (C-C) coupling reaction promoter

Kumar, Prashant and Griffiths, Kieran and Anson, Christopher E. and Powell, Annie K. and Kostakis, George E. (2018) A tetranuclear CuII2DyIII2 coordination cluster as a Suzuki (C-C) coupling reaction promoter. Dalton Transactions, 47 (48). pp. 17202-17205. ISSN 1477-9226

Abstract

The air-stable tetranuclear coordination cluster [CuII2DyIII2L4(NO3)2(CH3CN)2]·2(CH3CN), which can be obtained in high yield, promotes the Suzuki coupling reaction of phenylboronic acid with substituted aryl halides under environmentally benign conditions.