The present invention relates to a process for preparing substituted biphenyls via Suzuki coupling using specific phosphorus ligands and a solvent mixture containing water, a non-polar organic solvent and a polar aprotic co-solvent.

The present invention relates to a process for preparing substituted biphenyls via Suzuki coupling using specific phosphorus ligands and a solvent mixture containing water, a non-polar organic solvent and a polar aprotic co-solvent.

The invention relates to ylide-functionalized phosphane ligands, the production of same and use in transition metal compounds, as well as the use of same as catalysts in organic reactions.

The invention discloses a method for preparation of alkylated, fluoro alkylated, chloro alkylated and fluorochloro alkylated compounds by a heterogeneous Co-catalysed alkylation or fluoro, chloro and fluorochloro alkylation with alkyl halides, fluoro alkyl halides, chloro alkyl halides or fluorochloro alkyl halides respectively.

The present invention relates to a method of carrying out an organic reaction in aqueous solution in the presence of a hydroxyalkyl(alkyl)cellulose or an alkylcellulose.

The present invention relates to a method of carrying out an organic reaction in aqueous solution in the presence of a hydroxyalkyl(alkyl)cellulose or an alkylcellulose.

The present invention provides a palladium(II) complex of formula (1) or a palladium(II) complex of formula (2).

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R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, R.sub.6, R.sub.7, R.sub.8, R.sub.9, R.sub.10, R.sub.11, R.sub.12, R.sub.18, R.sub.19, R.sub.20, R.sub.21, R.sub.22, R.sub.23 and R.sub.24, m, E and X are described in the specification. The invention also provides a process for the preparation of the complexes, and their use in carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom coupling reactions.

The present invention provides a palladium(II) complex of formula (1) or a palladium(II) complex of formula (2).

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R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, R.sub.6, R.sub.7, R.sub.8, R.sub.9, R.sub.10, R.sub.11, R.sub.12, R.sub.18, R.sub.19, R.sub.20, R.sub.21, R.sub.22, R.sub.23 and R.sub.24, m, E and X are described in the specification. The invention also provides a process for the preparation of the complexes, and their use in carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom coupling reactions.

The present disclosure provides methods for enantioselective synthesis of cyclic and acyclic -quaternary carboxylic acid derivatives via nickel-catalyzed allylic alkylation.

A platinum group metal ion-supported catalyst in which platinum group metal ions or platinum group metal complex ions are supported on a non-particulate organic porous ion exchanger, wherein the non-particulate organic porous ion exchanger is formed of a continuous framework phase and a continuous pore phase; has a thickness of a continuous framework of 1 to 100 m, an average diameter of continuous pores of 1 to 1000 m, and a total pore volume of 0.5 to 50 ml/g; has an ion exchange capacity per weight in a dry state of 1 to 9 mg equivalent/g; and has ion exchange groups wherein the ion exchange groups are uniformly distributed in the organic porous ion exchanger.