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. 2012 Feb;286(9):30–40. doi: 10.1016/j.jcat.2011.10.013

Table 7.

Effect of the reaction solvent on reaction progress and catalyst poisoning with PVPy of Suzuki–Miyaura reactions of 1-bromo-4-methylbenzene and phenylboronic acid carried out with 2 mol% Pd(OAc)2-BOX-MPSG using K2CO3 as base.

Solvent Reaction temperature Yield after 2 h (%) Yield after 4 h (%) Yield after 24 h (%)
Toluene 110 43 95 96
DMAc 110 15 17 23
NMP 110
Toluene 110 43 95 98
DMAc 150 56 68 75
NMP 160 21 55 62
DMF 150 34 45 75
Toluene, with PVPya 110 43 65 88
DMAc, with PVPya 150 56 60 70
NMP, with PVPya 160 23 59 64
DMF, with PVPya 150 22 47 74
a

Addition of 100 mol equiv. PVPy (referring to Pd) after 2 h.