Supported palladium nanoparticles synthesized by living plants as a catalyst for Suzuki-Miyaura reactions

The metal accumulating ability of plants has previously been used to capture metal contaminants from the environment; however, the full potential of this process is yet to be realized. Herein, the first use of living plants to recover palladium and produce catalytically active palladium nanoparticle...

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Published in:PloS one 2014-01, Vol.9 (1), p.e87192
Main Authors: Parker, Helen L, Rylott, Elizabeth L, Hunt, Andrew J, Dodson, Jennifer R, Taylor, Andrew F, Bruce, Neil C, Clark, James H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agriculture
Arabidopsis
Arabidopsis - metabolism
Aromatic compounds
Bacteria
Biology
Biomass
Boronic Acids - chemistry
Catalysis
Catalysts
Catalytic activity
Chemical reactions
Chemical synthesis
Chemistry
Comparative analysis
Contaminants
Coordination Complexes - chemistry
Halides
Halogenation
Hydrocarbons, Brominated - chemical synthesis
Hydrocarbons, Iodinated - chemical synthesis
Materials Science
Metal Nanoparticles - chemistry
Metals
Nanoparticles
Palladium
Palladium - chemistry
Palladium - metabolism
Palladium catalysts
Plant extracts
Potassium
Sulfur
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Summary:The metal accumulating ability of plants has previously been used to capture metal contaminants from the environment; however, the full potential of this process is yet to be realized. Herein, the first use of living plants to recover palladium and produce catalytically active palladium nanoparticles is reported. This process eliminates the necessity for nanoparticle extraction from the plant and reduces the number of production steps compared to traditional catalyst palladium on carbon. These heterogeneous plant catalysts have demonstrated high catalytic activity in Suzuki coupling reactions between phenylboronic acid and a range of aryl halides containing iodo-, bromo- and chloro- moieties.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0087192