The authors thank the financial support from State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals(No.KF0801);Science Research Foundation of DUT,Graduate Student Education Reform Fund of DUT;the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.20976024).
A ligand-free Heck reaction catalyzed by in situ-generated palladium nanoparticles in PEG-400 has been developed.This catalytic system is a simple and active protocol for the Heck reaction of aryl halides under mild c...