Pd–S-methylisothiourea supported on magnetic nanoparticles as an efficient and reusable nanocatalyst for Heck and Suzuki reactions

Abstract

Supported Pd– S -methylisothiourea on magnetic nanoparticles (Pd–SMU-MNPs) as an efficient and magnetically reusable nanocatalyst was prepared and applied for the Heck and Suzuki cross-coupling reactions. All coupling reactions proceeded in short reaction times with good to excellent yields. After completion of reactions, the catalyst was easily separated from the reaction mixture using an external magnetic field and reused for several consecutive runs without significant loss of its catalytic efficiency and activity. This nanomagnetic catalyst was characterized by FT-IR spectroscopy, XRD, VSM, ICP-OES, TEM and SEM techniques. The leaching of the catalyst has been examined by a hot filtration test and ICP-OES analysis.