%0 Journal Article
%T Palladium/Zirconium Oxide Nanocomposite as a Highly Recyclable Catalyst for C-C Coupling Reactions in Water
%A Antonio Monopoli
%A Angelo Nacci
%A Vincenzo Cal¨°
%A Francesco Ciminale
%A Pietro Cotugno
%A Annarosa Mangone
%A Lorena Carla Giannossa
%A Pietro Azzone
%A Nicola Cioffi
%J Molecules
%D 2010
%I MDPI AG
%R 10.3390/molecules15074511
%X Palladium nanoparticles have been electrochemically supported on zirconium oxide nanostructured powders and all the nanomaterials have been characterized by several analytical techniques. The Pd/ZrO2 nanocatalyst is demonstrated to be a very efficient catalyst in Heck, Ullmann, and Suzuki reactions of aryl halides in water. The catalyst efficiency is attributed to the stabilization of Pd nanophases provided by tetra(alkyl)- ammonium hydroxide, which behaves both as base and PTC (phase transfer catalyst) agent.
%K C-C coupling
%K palladium
%K colloids
%K green chemistry
%K nanocomposite catalysts
%U http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/15/7/4511