摘要

Two novel isoxazoline N,N-bidentate ligands with ferrocene backbone have been synthesized and employed for the palladium-catalyzed Heck coupling reaction. Among them, 1,3-bis-(5-ferrocenylisoxazoline-3-yl)benzene was found to be thermally stable and a highly effective ligand for Heck coupling reaction in neat water without N-2 protection, affording the desired coupling products in good to excellent yield with high diastereoselectivity. The developed catalytic system was also well workable for 1,2-disubstituted alkenes, which were less involved in the Heck reaction for its larger steric hindrance.