Bioinspired Palladium Nanoparticles Supported on Soil-Derived Humic Acid Coated Iron-Oxide Nanoparticles as Catalyst for C–C Cross-Coupling and Reduction Reactions

Article abstract of DOI:10.1007/s10562-019-02703-z

Abstract: Pd nanoparticles supported on humic acid-coated nanoferrites as magnetically-recoverable catalyst was expediently prepared from inexpensive precursors and characterized by techniques such as SEM, TEM, XPS, FT-IR, XRD, ICP-AES, EDX. The as made catalyst displayed an admirable catalytic activity towards the Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction of aryl halides (or) aryl diazonium salts with aryl boronic acid in non-toxic solvent EtOH/water under mild conditions. The same catalyst showed high efficiency for the Heck reaction of aryl halides with styrene was carried out with high efficiency offering good yields under ligand-free conditions. Additionally, the reduction of olefins using molecular hydrogen was also achieved using the same catalyst under ambient and base-free conditions affording the products in good to excellent yields. The magnetic activity of nano-Fe₃O₄ allowed the effortless recovery of the catalyst and demonstrated subsequent recyclability up to 5 cycles without a significant loss in the activity. Graphical Abstract: [Figure not available: see fulltext.].