Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2013, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (11): 2084-2088.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(12)60665-2

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Synthesis of in-situ surfactant-free Pd nanoparticle catalysts for the synthesis of aromatic azo compounds and for unsaturated bond hydrogenation by hydrogen transfer

Xin Wang, Jiaqing Wang, Fenqiang Qi, Lei Hu, Xinming Li, Xueqin Cao, Hongwei Gu   

  1. Key Laboratory of Organic Synthesis of Jiangsu Province, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, Jiangsu, China
  • Received:2013-06-19 Revised:2013-07-22 Online:2013-10-18 Published:2013-10-18
  • Contact: Hongwei Gu
  • Supported by:

    This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21003092) and the Key Project of Chinese Ministry of Education (211064).

Abstract:

We developed a simple and efficient method to synthesize aromatic azos by hydrogen transfer using palladium(Ⅱ) acetylacetonate as a catalyst and isopropyl alcohol as a hydrogen source. Furthermore, this system also showed catalytic potential for the hydrogenation of carbonyl groups or C=C bonds with yields up to ~97%.

Key words: Nanocatalyst, Palladium, Transfer hydrogenation, In-situ synthesis, Azo