Solid-supported catalysts play efficient and crucial
roles in organic
synthesis. A solid-supported palladium(II) complex based on chitosan
was synthesized and fully characterized using all possible tools (Fourier
transform infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetry analysis, differential
scanning calorimetry, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, energy-dispersive
X-ray spectroscopy, inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry,
scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and
Brunauer–Emmett–Teller analysis). The catalytic activity
of the solid-phase catalyst in Suzuki cross-coupling reactions was
evaluated in aqueous solvents under both conventional heating and
microwave irradiation conditions. The recyclability and thermal stability
of the prepared catalyst were also examined, and the catalyst was
found to be active till five consecutive runs without a notable loss
of activity under the microwave condition, with the turnover number
and turnover frequency values reaching 19,019 and 114,114 h
–1
, respectively.
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