The Reaction of Glycerol carried out with tow aryl halides
under basic conditions (K2CO3) using 5 mol% of Pd(II)Complex as
catalyst, Pd(PPh3)2Cl2. The typical reaction has been performed
between glycerol and bromobenzene. This reaction is achieved
in
water as solvent. However, the catalyst complex does not dissolve
in aqueous solutions rather it acts as heterogeneous catalyst.
Therefore, it is filtrated at the end of the reaction and reused several
times. Accordingly, new compound were prepared by reacting
glycerol with 1-bromo-2,6-dichlorobenzene. It is anticipated that the
synthesized compounds may have pharmaceutical application.
