Phosphine-Free Perfluoro-Tagged
Palladium Nanoparticles Supported on
Fluorous Silica Gel: Application to the
Heck Reaction
Roberta Bernini,Sandro Cacchi,*Giancarlo Fabrizi,Giovanni Forte,Sandra Niembro,Francesco Petrucci,Roser Pleixats,Alessandro Prastaro,Rosa Maria Sebastin,Roger Soler,Mar Tristany, andAdelina Vallribera*
Dipartimento A.B.A.C., Università della Tuscia e Consorzio Universitario "La
Chimica per l'Ambiente", Via S. Camillo De Lellis, 01100 Viterbo, Italy, Dipartimento
di Studi di Chimica e Tecnologia delle Sostanze Biologicamente Attive, Università
degli Studi "La Sapienza", P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy, Istituto Superiore di
Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy, and Department of Chemistry,
Universitat Autnoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola 08193, Spain
The immobilization of phosphine-free perfluoro-tagged palladium nanoparticles Pd-1 on fluorous silica gel (FSG) and their utilization in the
Heck reaction have been investigated. High yields of vinylic substitution products have been obtained. Recycling studies have shown that the
solid-supported palladium catalyst can be readily recovered and reused several times without significant loss of activity. Reactions and
recovery of the solid-supported palladium catalyst system can be carried out in the presence of air, without any particular precaution.