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given temperature for 6 h and, after that time, left for several min-
utes to cool down. Next, the organic products were separated by
extraction with 10 mL of diethyl ether. The extracts (10 mL) were
GC-FID analyzed with dodecane (0.050 mL) as an internal standard
to determine the conversion of aryl bromide. The products of the
reaction were determined by GC–MS.
3.3. Suzuki–Miyaura kinetic studies reaction procedure
Suzuki–Miyaura reactions were performed in a Schlenk tube.
Weighed amounts of the solid reactants: phenylboronic acids
3.3 mmol), base (4.0 mmol), catalyst (20.00 mg), aryl bromide (1
(
Fig. 11. Kinetic studies of the Suzuki–Miyaura reaction.
mmol), and 12 mL of the solvent (2-propanol/water mixture) were
introduced to the Schlenk tube. Next, the Schlenk tube was sealed
with a rubber septum and introduced into an oil bath preheated
these two liquid phases in such a system. Microspheres do not
have direct contact with the magnetic stirring element, so they are
not mechanically damaged. The reaction requires vigorous stirring
in order for the mixture to be evenly homogenized and for the
contact of the reactants to be facilitated.
ICP studies of the reaction mixture and the post-reaction prod-
uct extracts were done in order to assess the possible presence of
palladium leached from the carrier. The content of palladium in the
reaction products was below the detection limit.
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to 80 C. The reaction mixture was magnetically stirred at a given
temperature for 6 h. After each 1 h, 2 mL of the reaction mixture was
taken and extracted with 5 mL of diethyl ether. The extracts were
GC-FID analyzed with dodecane (0.010 mL) as an internal standard
to determine the conversion of aryl bromides.
3.4. Reuse of catalyst procedure
Because the catalyst floats on the surface of the water, it was
2.4. Kinetic studies
possible to remove the post-reaction remains (mainly residues of
boronic acids and bases) by pipetting. Subsequently, a new portion
of the starting materials was added to the Schlenk tube, and the
reaction was carried out under the conditions described above. The
recycling was performed ten times in a row for both bases.
To follow the kinetic properties of the Suzuki–Miyaura reac-
tion, two of the slowest reacting substrates (2-bromotoluene and
-bromotoluene) were selected (Fig. 11).
During these studies, the standard course of the reaction was
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observed. After 4 h of the reaction, a ca. 60% conversion was
reached. To that point, the reaction was fast. After 4 h, the reaction
slowed down, reaching a ca. 70% conversion after 6 h. It should be
noted that, in the course of the reaction due to the necessity of sam-
pling, the ratio between the substrates and the catalyst changed.
After every hour, 1/6 of the substrate was lost, but the amount of
the catalyst did not change. These differences, however, had very
little effect on the reaction, and, after 6 h, a slightly higher conver-
sion of the substrates was obtained, but it was still close to that
obtained in the standard Suzuki–Miyaura reaction, 53% and 61%.
3.5. Separation of the catalyst for analysis and recycling
procedure
After several reactions, the catalyst was separated by filtration.
A pale gray solid was washed several times with water and diethyl
ether to remove all the reaction material and dried in an N flow. For
the recycling procedure, the catalyst recovered from five reactions
was weighed (20 mg) and added to the Suzuki–Miyaura reaction
under standard conditions. The catalyst was collected after the
reuse procedure and used for SEM and TEM analyses.
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. Experimental
3.6. TEM
3.1. Synthesis of the palladium catalyst
TEM measurements were performed using a FEI Tecnai G2 20
Polymer microspheres (1.00 g) were placed in a 50 mL flask, and
0 mL of MeCN was added. In another flask, a solution contain-
X-TWIN electron microscope with LaB6 catode providing 0.25 nm
resolution. To the small sample of catalyst 2 mL of methanol were
added and the resulted mixture was ultrasonically treated for 5 min.
Specimens for TEM studies were prepared by putting a droplet of
a colloidal suspension on a copper microscope grid followed by
evaporating the solvent under IR lamp for 15 min.
1
ing 0.10 g of PdCl (MeCN)2 in 10 mL of MeCN was prepared. The
2
solution of the palladium complex was slowly added to the stirred
suspension of the polymer. When the entire amount of the solution
was added, the reaction was left stirred for 24 h at room temper-
ature. After that time, the product was filtered off, washed with
MeCN, DEE, and dried in vacuo.
The palladium content estimated by ICP was 0.0125 weight%,
which means that 10% of all nitrogen atoms in the sample are
associated with palladium.
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.7. GC
GC-FID and GC–MS spectra of organic products were obtained
using HP 5890 (Hewlett Packard) instrument with mass detector
971 A. Capilary column HP 5 was used with non-polar liquid phase
containing 95% of dimethyl- and 5% of diphenyl-polysiloxane.
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.2. Suzuki–Miyaura standard reaction procedure
Suzuki–Miyaura reactions were performed in a Schlenk tube.
Weighed amounts of the solid reactants: phenylboronic acids
3.8. ICP
(
(
1.1 mmol), base (2. mmol), catalyst (20.00 mg), aryl bromide
1 mmol), and 5 mL of the solvent (2-propanol/water mixture)
ICP measurements of palladium content were performed using
spectrometer ARL model 3410. Before analysis a weighted samples
of palladium catalyst were mineralized with 2 mL of aqua regia, left
for 7 days and diluted next to 10 mL with distilled water.
were introduced to the Schlenk tube. Next, the Schlenk tube was
sealed with a rubber septum and introduced into an oil bath pre-
heated to 80 C. The reaction mixture was magnetically stirred at a
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