Sahin, NeslihanSemeril, DavidBrenner, EricMatt, DominiqueOzdemir, IsmailKaya, CemalToupet, Loic2024-08-042024-08-0420131867-38801867-3899https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201200716https://hdl.handle.net/11616/96044Three imidazolium salts based on a rigid resorcinarene platform (13) were synthesised and used as catalyst precursors in the SuzukiMiyaura cross-coupling of aryl halides with phenylboronic acid. In these pro-carbene ligands, the heterocyclic moiety has one N atom connected to a C2 atom of a resorcinolic ring, and the other is substituted by an alkyl group (R=n-propyl, iso-propyl, benzyl). The methinic C atoms of the macrocyclic core are all substituted by a pentyl group. The best catalytic performances were obtained by using an imidazolium/Pd ratio of 1:1. The catalytic systems displayed high activities, which increased in the order R=n-propyl(1)eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccesscavitandscarbenespalladiumnitrogen heterocyclescross-couplingArticle551116112510.1002/cctc.2012007162-s2.0-84877057982Q1WOS:000318240600013Q1