Water-Promoted Suzuki Reaction in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids

The Suzuki reaction was successfully performed by using Pd(OAc) d as the catalyst in a mixture of waler and ionic liquids in a short reaction time in air. Water was found to have a remarkable rate accelerating effect on the Suzuki reaction in ionic liquids. The Pd(OAc) 2 -[bmim][PF 6 ] can be reused seven times only with a small deactivation of reactivity.