Catalysts (Feb 2015)

Application of “Boomerang” Linear Polystyrene-Stabilized Pd Nanoparticles to a Series of C-C Coupling Reactions in Water

  • Atsushi Ohtaka,
  • Toshiyuki Okagaki,
  • Go Hamasaka,
  • Yasuhiro Uozumi,
  • Tsutomu Shinagawa,
  • Osamu Shimomura,
  • Ryôki Nomura

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/catal5010106
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 106 – 118

Abstract

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The application of a catch-and-release system for soluble Pd species between water (reaction medium) and polystyrene (polymer support) was examined in the Suzuki coupling reaction with 2-bromothiophene and the Heck reaction with styrene or bromobenzene. Although a slight increase in particle size was observed by TEM after re-stabilization of the Pd species on linear polystyrene, no agglomeration was observed.

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