Polystyrene supported thiopseudourea Pd(II) complex: Applications for Sonogashira, Suzuki-Miyaura, Heck, Hiyama and Larock heteroannulation reactions

A new polystyrene supported thiopseudourea palladium(II) complex (3) is found to be a highly active catalyst for the copper-free Sonogashira, Suzuki, Heck, Hiyama and Larock heteroannulation reactions of aryl halides. All the reactions proceeded well affording the corresponding cross-coupling products in good to excellent yields. Further, the catalyst showed excellent recyclability without any significant loss in its activity.