Catalytic activity of a palladium(ii) complex modified on multi-wall carbon nanotubes: an efficient catalyst for the Suzuki cross-coupling reaction

Abstract

We prepared a novel palladium (Pd) catalyst by loading palladium chloride onto novel functionalized multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). The Pd(ii)/MWCNT complex efficiently and selectively catalyzed large-scale synthesis of target molecules with high yield and large turnover numbers.