Coordinative immobilization of an oxime-based palladacycle to poly(vinylpyridine)/glass
composite materials shaped as Raschig rings or placed within the PASSflowTM microreactor affords technical devices that are well suited for performing palladium-catalyzed
carbon-carbon cross-coupling reactions in the flow-through mode. Reusability of the
immobilized precatalyst as well as applications in the microwave field were investigated.
Experiments with thiol- and pyridine-based scavengers were carried out, which revealed
that the active palladium species is likely to be composed of nanoparticles of unknown
nature and that the poly(vinylpyridine) carrier has scavenging properties for these
particles.
palladium catalyst - immobilization - microreactor - microwave - C-C cross-coupling
reactions