This work describes the development of an efficient and reusable heterogeneous polymer supported palladium catalyst for Suzuki reaction in water. This novel catalyst system was designed through monoethanolamine (MEA) modification of nitrile group in Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) followed by metal salt (PdCl2) complexation. The resulting polymer complex (mPAN‐Pd) was then successfully optimised as an efficient heterogeneous catalyst for Suzuki reaction under ligand free conditions. The supported catalyst provided excellent reactivity in the coupling reactions of a series of aryl halides with phenyl boronic acids under mild reaction condition. The reaction proceeded in presence of 2 mol % of mPAN‐Pd catalyst at 80 °C in water and the resulting products were isolated in moderate to excellent yields upto 98 %. Furthermore, this catalyst can be conveniently recovered by simple filtration and reused at least five times without an appreciable loss in its activity or Palladium leaching.

The last two decades have witnessed tremendous growth in organocatalysis, especially using proline and related catalysts in a wide range of organic processes. Along with this, the heterogenization of organocatalysts over suitable support systems also emerged as an effective approach for addressing some of the major drawbacks associated with classical organocatalysts. Polymer-immobilized catalysts, in particular, are extremely stable under reaction conditions with excellent recyclability and reusability. Moreover, this approach offers green chemistry standards and is, thereby, supportive of large-scale industrial manufacturing processes. This article summarises the developments using polymer immobilized proline-derived systems as efficient organocatalysts for various asymmetric transformations in Aldol, Michael, Mannich, cyclization reactions, etc.