Research Article

Pd Nanoparticles Stabilized by Hypercrosslinked Polystyrene Catalyze Selective Triple C-C Bond Hydrogenation and Suzuki Cross-Coupling

Table 2

Results of testing of HPS-based catalysts in MBY hydrogenation: influence of reduction method and treatment of the catalyst with Na2CO3.

CatalystSelectivity, ±0.5% (calculated at MBY conversion 95%)Catalytic activity , molMBY/(molPds)

Pd/MN270-NaW94.63.2
Pd/MN27095.23.7
Pd/MN270-H296.03.1
Pd/MN270-H2 without preliminarily liquid-phase reduction95.43.4