Tetrahedron Letters

Facile synthesis of palladium nanoclusters and their catalytic activity in Sonogashira coupling reactions

J Athilakshmi, S Ramanathan, DK Chand

Index: Athilakshmi; Ramanathan; Chand, Dillip Kumar Tetrahedron Letters, 2008 , vol. 49, # 36 p. 5286 - 5288

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Abstract

The size and shape of materials at nanometer level modulates the related physical and chemical properties greatly. Thus, controlled synthesis of nanosized materials is of particular interest. 1 A plethora of metal nanoparticles have been prepared by several groups aiming at new and exciting properties. 2 Recently, palladium nanoparticles (PdNPs) have been shown to be effective catalysts for carbon–carbon coupling reactions. 3 Reduction of palladium ions by ...