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    Suzuki coupling activity of an aqueous phase Pd nanoparticle dispersion and a carbon nanotube/Pd nanoparticle composite
    An aqueous phase dispersion of Pd nanoparticles stabilised by 4-dimethylaminopyridine (DMAP) promotes model Suzuki coupling reactions. The dispersion contains Pd nanoparticles of 3.4 ± 0.5 nm and a Pd(II) species (Pd(DMAP)4(OH)2) which forms following aerobic oxidation of the nanoparticles. The activity of the nanoparticle dispersion in promoting the Suzuki reactions is directly proportional to the size of the halogen on the substrate (as is usual for these coupling reactions) and also to the age of the nanoparticle dispersion. The Pd(DMAP)4(OH)2 complex can be isolated from the dispersion and is found to be very active in promoting the reactions. Its formation following aerobic oxidation of the nanoparticles is proposed as the reason for the improved activity of the dispersion with age. The nanoparticles present in the dispersion can, through displacement of the stabilising ligand, be immobilised onto functionalised multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and the composite formed is an active and recyclable catalyst. The MWCNT/Pd-DMAP NP composite acts as a reservoir of dissolved Pd species, which function as homogeneous catalysts under reaction conditions.
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    Selective H-D exchange catalysed by aqueous phase and immobilised Pd nanoparticles
    Pd nanoparticles (with a mean diameter of 3.4 ± 0.5 nm) prepared through BH4− reduction of Na2PdCl4 can catalyse selective H–D exchange (through reaction with D2O) at the carbon α to the N atom of a pyridine ring. Oxidised Pd(II) complex species also present as dissolved species in the nanoparticle dispersion play no part in the exchange. We have studied the effects of several different variables on the rate of the selective H–D exchange activity for a model pyridine, i.e. 4-dimethylaminopyridine (DMAP). These variables include temperature, nanoparticle aging, nanoparticle re-reduction with H2 and nanoparticle immobilisation onto multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). We have also extended the study to related pyridine containing molecules.
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