Application of zwitterionic phosphapalladacycles in aqueous phase Suzuki-Miyaura coupling

The catalytic application of novel six-membered zwitterionic palladacycles with formal negative charge on the metal center and positive charge on the ancillary ligand is reported in the aqueous phase Suzuki-Miyaura coupling. The novel catalysts provide excellent activities with high functional group tolerance in the carbon-carbon bond forming reaction yielding substituted biaryls in high yields. [GRAPHICS] .