Palladium-containing hypercrosslinked polystyrene as an easy to prepare catalyst for Suzuki reaction in water and organic solvents

A simple and rapid procedure for the incorporation of nanosized Pd particles into hypercrosslinked polystyrene matrix was developed. The prepared catalyst has shown high activity in the coupling of aryl bromides and chlorides with phenylboronic acid, with water being the preferred solvent. The catalyst can be recycled two times without loss of activity.