Magnetically retrievable N-heterocyclic carbene-silver complex with wingtip ferrocenyl group for Sonogashira coupling

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/j.jorganchem.2018.04.017

A new magnetically retrievable N-heterocyclic carbene-silver complex with wingtip ferrocenyl group has been prepared by multi-step procedure. The formation of complex was confirmed on the basis of analytical techniques such as FT-IR, Raman spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X-Ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and VSM (vibrating sample magnetometer) analysis. The complex was successfully employed as an efficient heterogeneous catalyst for Sonogashira coupling reaction of aryl halides with terminal alkynes. The complex could be separated easily by applying external magnet. The reusability studies revealed that complex can be reused up to eight times without significant decrease in catalytic activity.