Organic letters

Convenient synthesis of palladium nanoparticles and catalysis of Hiyama coupling reaction in water

D Srimani, S Sawoo, A Sarkar

Index: Srimani, Dipankar; Sawoo, Sudeshna; Sarkar, Amitabha Organic Letters, 2007 , vol. 9, # 18 p. 3639 - 3642

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Abstract

An efficient synthesis of Pd nanoparticles in water has been developed using a Fischer carbene complex of tungsten as the reductant and PEG as the capping agent. The colloidal palladium (1 mol%) efficiently catalyzes Hiyama cross-coupling reactions performed in air. Excellent yields of products were obtained with a wide range of substrates. Catalytic activity and stability of the nanoparticles were found to be inversely correlated.