Preparation and characterization of a Cu complex based on 2,2′-bipyrimidine as a recyclable metal-organic framework for Suzuki coupling

A Cu complex based on 2,2′-bipyrimidine ([CuBpm·2H2O]n) as a recyclable metal-organic framework (MOF) was used for the synthesis of biaryl derivatives by the Suzuki coupling reaction. The Suzuki reaction was performed with mixing of aryl halides with arylboronic acids in DMSO. The prepared catalyst was characterized by FT-IR, XRD, SEM, EDX, BET, BJH and ICP-AES analysis. [CuBpm·2H2O]n as catalyst demonstrated good to excellent yields for Suzuki reaction in comparison with other catalysts. The catalyst was recovered by a simple filtration and retained its activity even after several cycles.