Controllable synthesis of palladium nanoparticles and their catalytic abilities in Heck and Suzuki reactions

The monodisperse palladium nanoparticles with the size of about 5.0 nm were prepared by the thermal decomposition of palladium acetylacetonate in the presence of oleylamine and borane tributylamine complex. The palladium nanoparticles were loaded on the active carbon black by the sonication followed by the acetic acid cleaning, and then they are used as the nanocatalysts for carbon coupling reactions, such as Heck reactions and Suzuki reactions....