Efficient batch and continuous flow Suzuki cross-coupling reactions under mild conditions, catalysed by polyurea-encapsulated palladium (II) acetate and tetra-n-butylammonium salts

Suzuki cross-coupling reactions are effected in both conventional organic solvents, under continuous flow conditions at 70 °C, and in batch mode in supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2), at temperatures as low as 40 °C in the presence of palladium(II) acetate microencapsulated in polyurea [PdEnCat]™ and tetra-n-butylammonium salts.