Palladium Nanoparticles Stabilized by Glycodendrimers and Their Application in Catalysis

E-ISSN： 1099-0682|2014|26|4369-4375

ISSN： 1434-1948

Source： EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY (ELECTRONIC), Vol.2014, Iss.26, 2014-09, pp. : 4369-4375

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Abstract

AbstractPalladium nanoparticles stabilized by glycodendrimers (PdDSNs) in water were prepared by coordination of PdII to intradendritic triazole ligands upon reaction of K2PdCl4 with the dendrimer in water followed by aqueous NaBH4 reduction to Pd0. TEM images show that the PdDSNs are small (average diameter: 2.3 nm) and relatively monodisperse owing to a low concentration of metal precursor. The catalytic activity of these PdDSNs was evaluated for the reduction of 4‐nitrophenol (4‐NP) to 4‐aminophenol (4‐AP) by NaBH4 (only 0.2 mol‐% of Pd per mol substrate is used) and for the Miyaura–Suzuki C–C coupling with various substituted aryl bromides (only 0.01 mol‐% of Pd per mol substrate is used). Comparisons of the catalytic activities of these PdDSNs with those of larger PdDSNs (diameter: 14 nm) reveal that smaller NPs catalyze faster 4‐NP reduction than their larger counterparts but lack any notable surface dependency for Suzuki–Miyaura catalysis.