High activity and stability in the cross-coupling of aryl halides with disulfides over Cu-doped hierarchically porous zeolite ZSM-5

Chem Commun (Camb). 2015 Apr 7;51(27):5890-3. doi: 10.1039/c4cc10417j. Epub 2015 Mar 2.

Abstract

A Cu-doped zeolite ZSM-5 (Cu-ZSM-5-M) with a micro-meso-macroporous structure was directly synthesized, and it exhibits excellent catalytic activity and good recyclability in the cross-coupling of aryl halides with diphenyl disulfides. This feature should be attributed to the structural characteristics of meso-macropores and homogeneous dispersion of active Cu(δ+) (δ < 2) species in Cu-ZSM-5-M.