Wa. Herrmann et al., MECHANISM OF THE HECK REACTION - CATALYST DEACTIVATION BY PC-BOND CLEAVAGE, Journal of organometallic chemistry, 491(1-2), 1995, pp. 1-4
The conventional palladium catalysts used in Heck reactions-Pd(OAc)(2)
+ n P(aryl)(3)-suffer from extensive PC-bond cleavage at temperatures
that would be necessary to activate aryl chlorides and electron-rich
aryl bromides (> 120 degrees C). This type of catalysts is, thus,not s
uitable to perform Heck reactions with non-activated substrates, espec
ially with the technically interesting aryl chlorides.