Immobilization of Pd on Nanosilica Dendrimer as SILC: Highly Active and Sustainable Cluster Catalyst for Suzuki-Miyaura Reaction

Palladium acetate was noncovalently immobilized as a supported ionic liquid catalyst (SILC) in a nanosilica dendrimer, PAMDMAM, with the aid of an ionic liquid to form a cluster catalyst of palladium nanoparticles. The pseudo-homogeneous heterogenized catalyst, Pd-nanoPAMDMAM-SILC, was effective for Suzuki-Miyaura reactions of ortho-substituted aryl bromides or aryl triflates without a ligand in 50% aqueous ethanol in air at room temperature. The catalyst could be re-used up to five times in 93% average yield after simple centrifugation. TON reached 176,000.