Bimetallic gold–palladium alloy nanoclusters: an effective catalyst for Ullmann coupling of chloropyridines under ambient conditions

…, C Kamonsatikul, E Somsook, H Sakurai

Index: Dhital, Raghu Nath; Kamonsatikul, Choavarit; Somsook, Ekasith; Sakurai, Hidehiro Catalysis Science and Technology, 2013 , vol. 3, # 11 p. 3030 - 3035

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Abstract

An efficient method for the Ullmann coupling of chloropyridines catalyzed by poly (N- vinylpyrrolidone)(PVP)-stabilized bimetallic Au–Pd alloy nanoclusters (NCs) under ambient conditions is demonstrated. The reaction does not occur with either gold or palladium single- metal clusters alone, nor with a physical mixtur