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Highly dispersed palladium nanoparticles supported on amino functionalized metal-organic frameworks as an efficient and reusable catalyst for Suzuki cross-coupling reaction

Journal: Journal of Organometallic Chemistry (0022328X)Year: 1 July 2014Volume: 761Issue: Pages: 127 - 133
Kardanpour R.Tangestaninejad S.aMirkhani V.aMoghadam M.aMohammadpoor Baltork I.a Khosropour A.R. Zadehahmadi F.

Abstract

Palladium nanoparticles (Pd NPs) supported on amino functionalized UiO-66-NH2 (UiO = University of Oslo) metal-organic framework was prepared using a direct anionic exchange method followed by chemical reduction with sodium acetate in methanol. This nano palladium containing catalyst was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), N2 adsorption, inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The Pd/UiO-66-NH2 catalyst showed excellent activity in Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reaction and reused several times without any appreciable loss of activity even after five consecutive times. © 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.