Issue 2, 2011
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Green Chemistry

Cellulose nanocrystallites as an efficient support for nanoparticles of palladium: application for catalytichydrogenation and Heck coupling under mild conditions†

Ciprian M. Cirtiu,a   Alexandre F. Dunlop-Brièrea  and  Audrey Moores*a  

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a Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
E-mail: audrey.moores@mcgill.ca
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Abstract

We report herein the synthesis of a new hybrid material, PdNPs@CNCs consisting of monodisperse Pd nanoparticles (PdNPs) evenly deposited onto colloidal cellulose nanocrystallites (CNCs). This material proved an active catalyst for the hydrogenation reaction of phenol to cyclohexanone in water as a solvent, at room temperature, under 4 bar of dihydrogen. Moreover, the catalyst perfomed well in the Heck coupling of styrene and iodobenzene in a hydro-organic mixture. CNCs constitute a highly crystalline, ordered and yet accessible green material easily obtained from wood pulp. This work demonstrates the possibility of using colloidal CNCs as an efficient support for catalysis.

Graphical abstract: Cellulose nanocrystallites as an efficient support for nanoparticles of palladium: application for catalytic hydrogenation and Heck coupling under mild conditions

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0GC00326C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
14 Jul 2010
Accepted
29 Nov 2010
First published
22 Dec 2010

Green Chem., 2011,13, 288-291

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Cellulose nanocrystallites as an efficient support for nanoparticles of palladium: application for catalytic hydrogenation and Heck coupling under mild conditions

C. M. Cirtiu, A. F. Dunlop-Brière and A. Moores, Green Chem., 2011, 13, 288 DOI: 10.1039/C0GC00326C

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