Palladium supported on an ion exchange resin for the Suzuki-Miyaura reaction

A basic anion exchange resin , Amberlite IRA-900, was loaded with Pd(C 3 H 5 )(C 5 H 5 ) by an easy metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) approach to give Pd@IRA-900 catalyst after reduction at room temperature . Ultraviolet-Visible spectroscopy results showed a red shift of the absorption peak of Pd 2+ after the Pd precursor was loaded on the resin, indicating that a chemical reaction occurred between the precursor and the support. Pd nanoparticles with 2.6 nm of average size were well dispersed on the support. The Pd@IRA-900 catalyst showed high activity for different kinds of aryl halides in Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reactions under mild and aerobic conditions. Excellent recyclability of Pd@IRA-900 catalyst was also observed in the Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reaction of iodobenzene and phenylboronic acid . A bifunctional catalyst Pd@IRA-900(OH) was synthesized by pretreating the ion exchange resin support with NaOH before Pd loading, which successfully catalyzed the Suzuki-Miyaura reaction of iodobenzene and phenylboronic acid without base under aerobic conditions.