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Fig. 2. (a) XRD, (b) EDS, (c) TGA results, and (d) TEM image of Pd@terPy@SPION catalyst.
could be confirmed in the XRD pattern. In addition, the presence of
palladium in the structure of Pd@terPy@SPION catalyst was studied
by EDS method. The EDS result is presented in Fig. 2b. The pres-
ence of palladium can clearly be observed in the elemental anal-
ysis of the catalyst. In addition, the thermal behavior of the cata-
lyst was studied by TGA analysis. The results are presented in Fig.
Table 2. It could be observed that all the substrate has given
the product in good isolated yields. The catalyst has been active
through both Mizoroki-Heck and Suzuki reaction with different
substrates. All electron donating and electron withdrawing reac-
tants have participated in the reaction and have given the prod-
ucts in high isolated yields. It should be noted that this catalyst is
prominent due to the efficient recoverability, high turnover num-
ber (TON), and turnover frequency (TOF). The catalyst showed a cu-
mulative TONs of about 12000 over 10 successive runs. In addition,
the TOF for every run is approximately 1225. Moreover, the cumu-
lative TON is obtained by the sum of the values for the TONs for
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c. It could be observed that, the catalyst is thermally stable up
to 300°C. A weight loss in 100°C could be correlated to the wa-
ter, which is adsorbed by the catalyst nanoparticles. TEM image in
Fig. 2d confirm the particle size and structures of Pd@terPy@SPION
catalyst.
The activity of Pd@terPy@SPION catalyst was evaluated in
Mizoroki-Heck and Suzuki reaction. For finding the optimal reac-
tion conditions, the reaction of bromobenzene and styrene were
selected as a model reaction. The reaction was performed in differ-
ent reaction conditions, including different bases, solvents and var-
ious amounts of the catalyst. The results are presented in Table 1.
It could be observed that, the best results are observed in water as
solvent by using sodium acetate as base. It should be noted that
the best results were obtained when 1.5 equivalent of the base
were used. The amount of the base was optimized in the reaction
of bromobenzene and styrene. The best result was observed when
all examined runs. Additionally, TOFs are calculated using TON.h 1.
The reusability of Pd@terPy@SPION catalyst was evaluated in
five sequential runs. For this purpose, after the reaction of styrene
and bromobenzene was completed, the catalyst was separated
from the reaction by an external magnet and Pd@terPy@SPION cat-
alyst was used in the next reaction. The progress was repeated for
five sequential runs. The results are presented in Fig. 3. It could
be observed in Fig. 2 that the activity of the catalyst has not been
decreased during the reactions. In addition, the stability of the cat-
alyst was evaluated by hot filtration studies [38–41]. The hot fil-
tration results clearly confirmed the stability of the catalyst. Also,
this test confirmed the critical role of the catalyst in the reaction
performance.
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mg of the catalyst was used for each mole of the reactants. A
blank rub was performed in the absence of Pd@terPy@SPION cata-
lyst and the results proved that the presence of the catalyst is crit-
ical for the reaction performance. In the absence of the catalyst,
no product was observed. In addition, hot filtration test was per-
formed. This observation confirmed the necessity of the presence
of the catalyst for the reaction performance. It should be noted
that no product was observed without Pd@terPy@SPION catalyst
for the reaction performance.
For studying the stability of Pd@terPy@SPION catalyst, the cat-
alyst was isolated after 5th cycle and characterized by SEM mi-
croscopy. The SEM result of the recovered catalyst is presented in
Fig. 4. It could be observed that the catalyst is highly stable under
the reaction conditions.
In order to show the efficiency of Pd@terPy@SPION catalyst, its
activity in Heck coupling reaction of styrene and bromobenzene
was compared with various palladium catalysts based on the reac-
tion time and yield. The results are presented in Table 3. According
to the Table 3, Pd@terPy@SPION catalyst is the most effective cat-
alyst for this purpose in comparison to previously reported cata-
The generality of the catalyst for the mentioned carbon-
carbon bond formation reactions was evaluated by the reaction
of various aryl halides and olefins including electron-withdrawing
or electron-donating substituents. The results are presented in
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