Recent developments on carbon-carbon cross-coupling reactions using rare-earth metals-derived coordination polymers as efficient and selective Pd catalytic systems

Most recent progress on the Suzuki-Miyaura, Heck and Sonogashira cross-coupling reactions, induced by heterobimetallic Pd-Ln coordination polymers as heterogeneous catalysts has been accurately reviewed. Physical-chemical characterization of the Pd-Ln composite materials by adequate physical methods revealed the distinct structure and configuration of the two- and three-dimensional frameworks. The important contribution of the coordination polymers as catalyst supports to finely modulating the catalytic activity and chemoselectivity has been considered. Published results illustrate the high activity and chemoselectivity of Pd-Ln coordination polymers in cross-coupling reactions, excellent catalyst recoverability and recyclability as well as low catalyst loading or metal leaching, under optimized reaction conditions. The particular effect of the solvent, base, aryl halide or related reagents in governing the main steps of the Pd catalytic cycle has been particularly outlined. In addition, the well-established cooperative effect of the lanthanides with palladium, with emphasis on the synergism between different metals in heterobimetallic catalytic systems, has been highlighted.