Magnetically recyclable Pd‐Fe₃O₄ heterodimer nanocrystals for the synthesis of conjugated polymers via suzuki polycondensation: Toward green chemistry

Abstract

The synthesis of conjugated polymers using magnetically recyclable Pd-Fe3O4 heterodimer nanocrystals (HNCs) is reported. The consistent high catalytic activity of the HNCs affords various conjugated polymers with high molecular weights in excellent yields. The Pd-Fe3O4 HNCs can be easily recovered from the reaction mixture using an external magnet and reused up to 11 times in the polymerization. This method takes one step closer toward the green synthesis of conjugated polymers.