Sustainable Synthesis of Biaryls Using Silica Supported Ferrocene Appended N -Heterocyclic Carbene-Palladium Complex

A novel silica supported ferrocene appended N -heterocyclic carbene-palladium complex (SilFemBenzNHC@Pd) has been prepared and characterized by using fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), fourier transform Raman (FT-Raman), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX). This novel complex served as a robust heterogeneous catalyst for the synthesis of biaryls via homocoupling of aryl boronic acids under base-free conditions in water. Recyclability experiments were executed successfully for six successive runs. Graphic Abstract