Green synthesis of carbon quantum dots from vanillin for modification of magnetite nanoparticles and formation of palladium nanoparticles: Efficient catalyst for Suzuki reaction

In this report we prepared carbon quantum dots (CQD) from vanillin as an ecofriendly and naturally abundant compound for modification of magnetic nanoparticles (CQD@Fe3O4 NPs). This new magnetic solid has been used for complete reduction of PdCl2 with formation of stabilized palladium nanoparticles (Pd@CQD@Fe3O4 NPs) and characterized by SEM, TEM, EDX, solid UV, VSM, XPS, XRD, and N2 adsorption-desorption analyses. These magnetic supported Pd NPs have been used as an efficient catalyst for the Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reactions of aryl bromides at room temperature in aqueous ethanol and of aryl chlorides at 120 °C in PEG200 under low catalyst loading in air. The heterogeneous catalyst can be easily recovered by an external magnet and reused for eight consecutive runs.

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