[1,1'-Bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene]dichloropalladium(II)

[1,1′-Bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene]dichloropalladium(II), is a palladium catalyst used in chemical synthesis of various compounds.Is used in preparation of Nucleosides as Ectonucleotidase inhibitors.

[1,1'-Bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene]dichloropalladium(II) is Red solid

[1,1'-Bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene]dichloropalladium(II) is used as a catalyst for Suzuki and Stile couplings.

suzuki reaction

Catalyst for C-C and C-N coupling reaction.

[1,1'-Bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene]dichloropalladium(II) may be used as an effective palladium catalyst in the following reactions:
Cross-coupling of sec-alkyl and n-alkyl Grignard reagents with high yield and selectivity.
Suzuki coupling of aryl boronic esters with [11C]methyl iodide to form functionalized [11C]toluene derivatives.
Kumada cross-coupling of 1,3,5-tribromobenzene with Grignard reagents to form star-shaped oligothiophenes.

[1,1'-Bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene]dichloropalladium(II) (pd(dppf)cl2) catalysis has gained widespread use in industrial and academic synthetic chemistry laboratories as a powerful methodology for the formation of C-C and C-Heteroatom bonds.

R = usually sp2 hybridised carbon
X = usually I, Br, Cl or OTf
The nature of R' and M are dependant upon
the specic coupling being performed