Abstract
Dendrimers with symmetrical 3D structures can be designed with various interior or exterior functional groups, which has been regarded as good stabilizers for various metal nanoparticles in catalysis. Nevertheless, Janus dendrimers with asymmetric structures are hardly researched to load metal nanoparticle catalysts. Here, an amphiphilic Janus dendrimer is used to stabilize metal (Au, Ag and Pd) nanoparticles, whose catalytic activities are also investigated. Au, Ag and Pd nanoparticles have the average diameters of 2.6 ± 2.0 nm, 5.8 ± 3.0 nm and 2.0 ± 1.0 nm, respectively, and show clear lattice fringes. Au and Pd nanoparticles are observed to have significantly higher catalytic performance than that of Ag nanoparticles in the 4-nitrophenol reduction, and Pd nanoparticles possess the highest catalytic activity (TOF: 2250 h−1). In addition, Pd nanoparticles are also highly active in the Suzuki-Miyaura reactions with low catalyst loading (50 ppm) and high TOF (2475 h−1) and show good applicability to tolerate various substituents.
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