Palladium Nanoparticles Supported on Polyaniline Nanofibers as a Semi‐Heterogeneous Catalyst in Water

Abstract

A tandem catalyst for Suzuki coupling of activated or deactivated aryl chlorides and aryl boronic acids in water and for phenol synthesis from aryl chlorides in 1:1 water/dioxane was obtained by supporting palladium nanoparticles on polyaniline nanofibers (PANI; see TEM image). Thus, 2-phenylphenol was synthesized from 1,2-dichlorobenzene (see equation). Supporting information for this article is available on the WWW under http://www.wiley-vch.de/contents/jc_2002/2007/z701389_s.pdf or from the author. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.