Examination of the Aromatic Amination Catalyzed by Palladium on Charcoal, Anna Komáromi, Zoltán Novák, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2010, 352, 1523. DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201000048 | [Full Text Link] [Supp. Info Link]

The Buchwald–Hartwig amination of aryl halides with secondary amines and functionalized aromatic amines catalyzed by solid-supported palladium is reported. The choices of ligand, base and solvent are crucial for the successful coupling. The amination of aromatic iodides, bromides and chlorides can be easily achieved with palladium on charcoal in the presence of a biphenylphosphane-type ligand at 80–110 °C. In addition, the palladium on charcoal catalyst is easily separable after the reaction, and reusable several times with only small activity loss.