UC Pd: A new form of Pd/C for Sonogashira couplings

…, AJ Forman, BA Baker, BH Lipshutz

Index: Duplais, Christophe; Forman, Arnold J.; Baker, Benjamin A.; Lipshutz, Bruce H. Chemistry - A European Journal, 2010 , vol. 16, # 11 p. 3366 - 3371

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Abstract

Abstract Screening of different sources of Pd/C shows reagents of highly variable nanoparticle sizes and oxidation states of the metal. Typically, catalysts with higher surface area are viewed as likely to be the more reactive. In this paper a new form of Pd/C,“UC Pd” is described that is shown to contain larger nanoparticles yet it is the most reactive catalyst of those sold commercially for Sonogashira coupling reactions. UC Pd functions efficiently in ...