Preparation of Palladium-loaded Polymer Nanoparticles with Catalytic Activity for Hydrogenation and Suzuki Coupling Reactions

Palladium-loaded polymer nanoparticles with basic functional groups were prepared. When palladium ions were adsorbed on the polymer nanoparticles, the maximum loading capacity on the nanoparticles depended on the basic functional groups in the particles. The reduced palladium had a nanoscale average diameter. The palladium-loaded polymer nanoparticles exhibited catalytic activity for hydrogenation and Suzuki coupling reactions. The catalytic activity of the nanosized palladium-loaded nanoparticles was higher than that of bulk palladium.