Palladium nanoparticles immobilized on the magnetic few layer graphene support as a highly efficient catalyst for ligand free Suzuki cross coupling and homo coupling reactions

In this study, we prepared a magnetic metal–graphene nanocomposite for the synthesis of substituted biaryls via Suzuki cross coupling and homo coupling reaction of aryl halides. The magnetic few layer graphene composite was synthesized by using one-step electrochemical exfoliation of graphite foil in aqueous iron (II) ammonium sulfate as electrolyte without using of any additive or corrosive media. Then, Fe2O3@FLG composite was used an efficient support for the immobilization and suitable dispersing of palladium nanoparticles. The obtained Fe2O3@FLG@Pd0 nanocomposite was characterized using FT-IR, SEM, TEM, EDS, XRD, VSM and ICP-AES analysis. Very low loading of this catalyst was displayed high activity in the producing substituted biaryls. It simply recovered from the reaction mixture and reused without any pre-activation in six consecutive runs with no loss of its catalytic activity or the observation of any detectable palladium leaching process.
Source: Journal of Organometallic Chemistry - Category: Chemistry Source Type: research