Negishi cross-coupling reactions phosphine ligands

Also Pdotalyzed Negishi cross-coupling reactions have been described in ionic liquids. Knochel and coworkers investigated the reaction between organometalhc zinc compounds and aryl iodide in [BMMIM][Bp4] using an ionic phosphine ligand. Scheme 5.3-30 illustrates the reaction for the formation of a 3-substituted cyclohexenone from 3-iodo-cyclohex-2-en-l-one [170]. The reaction vras carried out in an ionic liquid/toluene biphasic system, which allowed easy product recovery from the catalyst by decantation. However, attempts to recycle the ionic catalyst phase resulted in significant catalyst deactivation, after only the third recycle. 

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