Chemistry Letters, Vol.41, No.12, 1700-1702, 2012
Enhanced Catalytic Activity in Suzuki-Miyaura Couplings by Shell Crosslinked Pd Nanoparticles from Alkene-terminated Phosphine Dendron-stabilized Pd Nanoparticles
New alkene-terminated phosphine dendron-protected palladium nanoparticles (NPs) have been synthesized, and the olefin metathesis polymerization of their Pd NPs led to shell crosslinked Pd NPs without aggregation of the Pd NPs. The introduction of crosslinking at the surface of the protective ligand enhanced the catalytic activity of the Pd NPs for Suzuki-Miyaura couplings.