Insoluble Perfluoroalkylated Polymers: New Solid Supports for Supported Fluorous Phase Catalysis

Abstract

Abstract New perfluoroalkylated polystyrene resins have been prepared by the suspension polymerisation of 4‐(perfluoro‐ n ‐octyl)styrene. The evaluation of these highly fluorinated insoluble materials as catalyst supports for rhodium‐catalysed hydrogenation of styrene and palladium‐mediated Suzuki–Miyaura carbon‐carbon bond forming reactions with 4‐bromoacetophenone and 4‐bromoanisole revealed improvements in the recycling of the perfluoroalkylated catalysts as compared to that achieved using fluorous reverse‐phase silica gel.