K. E. Balsane et al.
Nowadays, there is an increasing demand for the use of
water as a solvent for heterogeneous, metal catalyzed reac-
tions for environmental benefits and cost and safety purposes
2 Experimental Section
2.1 Synthesis of PdNP–PG Catalyst
[5]. Various palladium based homogeneous catalysts such as
palladium diaminocarbene complexes [6], oxime based
palladacycle [7], chalcogenated Schiff base [8], some
nitrogen based ligands [9], N–H heterocyclic carbene com-
Conventional three electrode cyclic voltammetry poten-
tiostat/galvanostat (PGSTAT302N) equipped with GPES
software was used for electrodeposition on PG for the
synthesis of PdNP–PG. Saturated calomel electrode, plat-
inum rod, and pencil graphite rod were used as the refer-
ence, counter, and working electrodes, respectively. A
5 cm long pencil graphite bar having 3 mm diameter was
cleaned with nitric acid and subsequently with acetone for
removing the surface impurities. Electrodeposition of
PdNPs was carried out by using 5 mmol aqueous solution
plex [10] and morpholine-Pd(OAc) [11] were employed in
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the Suzuki cross coupling reactions. However, these repor-
ted catalysts could not be recovered and hence, researchers
moved towards heterogeneous supports like alumina based
catalyst [12], MCM-41 [13], MIL-101 [14], Al-MOF [15],
Montmorillonite clay [16], sepiolite clay [17], SBA-15/
CCMet/Pd(II) [18], Pd acetate in imine functionalized silica
gel [19], and nanoporus polymeric ionic liquid loaded with
palladium [20]. Additionally, some carbon allotropes are
also used as support such as carbon nanotube [21], graphene
of PdCl having pH *1. The deposition was carried out at
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constant potential of -0.2 V at 25 °C for 10 s. PG rod was
removed and air dried. The deposited Pd nano particles
were scraped along with graphite support with the help of
stainless steel blade, dried at 60 °C for 20 min and directly
used as catalyst.
oxide-NH [22], GO supported NHC [23], graphene [24],
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and Pd-Au bimetallic on graphite support [25]. Recently
some magnetite supported catalysts such as Pd on zinc fer-
rite [26], Fe O @SiO @mSiO –Pd(II) catalyst [27] and Pd-
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Fe3O4@Alg [28] were also used for the Suzuki reaction.
However, most of the above reported catalysts required
harsh reducing reagents in their synthesis, which eventually
cause agglomeration of nano particles. Our research group is
working on electrochemical synthesis of metal nano parti-
cles like Pd on nafion-graphene as a support [29] and Cu on
nafion graphene ribbon [30]. However, multistep synthesis
of supporting material and use of costly nafion polymer as
an electrolyte are the drawbacks of the above reported
methods. Herein we report a single step synthesis of
monodispersed Pd nano particles (PdNPs) on pencil graphite
2.2 Material Characterization
The chemicals were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich and
S.d.Fine chemicals. The prepared catalyst was character-
ized by various analytical techniques such as by scanning
electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron micro-
scopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy dispersive
X-ray analysis (EDAX), thermo gravimetric analysis
(TGA), and inductively coupled plasma (ICP). The mor-
phological information of the catalyst PdNP–PG was
obtained by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM-
EDAX, Quanta 200 at 20 kV as operating voltage) and
transmission electron microscopy (TEM, PHILIPS Mod-
el:CM200, Operating voltages: 20–200 kv Resolution:
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PG) by using electrochemical process. Low cost, high
surface area and good electrical conductivity are the
advantages of graphite. It plays a dual role; as a working
electrode as well as support. Initially Seyed Habi Tabian and
co-workers worked on mechanism of development of PdNPs
on pencil graphite [31]. Abdul Aziz and et al. showed
application of Pd-Pencil graphite electrode in hydrogen
peroxide sensor [32]. Herein we present simple, efficient
electrochemical method for the synthesis of monodispersed
palladium nano particles on pencil graphite support (PdNP–
PG) in aqueous medium. The PdNP–PG were characterized
by various analytical techniques and applied to Suzuki cross
coupling reactions in water. To our knowledge, this is the
first report on the application of electrochemically synthe-
sized PdNP on PG support for suzuki coupling reaction in
aqueous medium.
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2.4 A). The crystallinity of the catalyst was determined by
X-ray diffraction (XRD, Rigaku Miniflex model by using
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Cu Ka = 1.54 A with scanning range 0–80) and energy
dispersive X-ray analysis (EDAX). Thermo gravimetric
(TGA) analysis was carried by using Mettler Toledo
instrument under N atmosphere.
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2.3 General Procedure for Suzuki Coupling
Reaction
Mixture of iodobenzene (0.5 mmol), boronic acid
(0.75 mmol), K CO (1.25 mmol), PdNP–PG catalyst
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We have carried out the synthesis of biaryl compounds
by using aryl halides and various substituted boronic acids
in water as the solvent and K CO as the base at 90 °C
(0.1 mol %), and water as a solvent (2 mL) was stirred at
90 °C for appropriate time as indicated in Table 1 entry 5.
The progress of the reaction was monitored by TLC. The
reaction mass was cooled after completion of the reaction
and the catalyst was separated by filtration. The product
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temperature. The reaction time varies from 10 to 120 min
depending on the nature of the reactant.
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