Supported palladium nanoparticles synthesized by living plants as a catalyst for suzuki-miyaura reactions

TY - JOUR

T1 - Supported palladium nanoparticles synthesized by living plants as a catalyst for suzuki-miyaura reactions

AU - Parker, Helen L

AU - Rylott, Elizabeth L

AU - Hunt, Andrew J

AU - Dodson, Jennifer R

AU - Taylor, Andrew F

AU - Bruce, Neil C

AU - Clark, James H

PY - 2014/1/29

Y1 - 2014/1/29

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0087192

DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0087192

M3 - Article

C2 - 24489869

SN - 1932-6203

VL - 9

JO - PLoS ONE

JF - PLoS ONE

IS - 1

M1 - e87192

ER -