Preparation and characterization of cellulose sulfate/Pd nanocatalsysts with remarkable efficiency for Suzuki– Miyaura reaction

Abstract

Heterogeneous catalysis with noble metal NPs are quite attractive due to unique surface chemistry and tuneable physicochemical properties. In this work, an efficient and simple method was used to synthesize palladium nanoparticles supported on cellulose sulfate. The resulted composites were characterized using various techniques such as X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), FT-IR, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) to verify the chemical structure and morphological properties of nanocatalysts. Next, the synthesized catalyst was utilized in Suzuki–Miyaura reaction between aryl bronic acid and different aryl halides. The catalysis reaction was carried out under atmospheric pressure where high efficiency, unique and simple work-up procedure as well as excellent yields were achieved.