Chapter 11: Pd-catalysed Cross-couplings for the Pharmaceutical Sector and a Move to Cutting-edge C–H Bond Functionalization: Is Palladium Simply Too Precious?
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Published:08 Mar 2016
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Series: Green Chemistry
I. J. S. Fairlamb, in Green and Sustainable Medicinal Chemistry: Methods, Tools and Strategies for the 21st Century Pharmaceutical Industry, ed. L. Summerton, H. F. Sneddon, L. C. Jones, and J. H. Clark, The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2016, ch. 11, pp. 129-139.
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The case is made for Pd being a critical metal catalyst for a variety of key pharmaceutical sector reactions. There is a need to make such processes more sustainable, e.g. through catalyst recycling, use of lower catalyst loadings and deployment in sustainable C–H activation reactions that avoid high molecular weight waste side-products. Understanding the role played by higher order Pd species (nanoparticles and clusters) is essential in the future. These and related aspects are discussed within this chapter.
