Supported palladium nanoparticles as switchable catalyst for aldehyde conjugate/s and acetate ester syntheses from alcohols†
Abstract
Polymer-supported Pd(0) (Pd@PS) nanoparticles (NPs) were explored as a switchable catalyst for oxidative aldehyde conjugate/s (AC/s) and acetate esters (AEs) syntheses from alcohols. Using the same substrates, the catalyst in the presence of oxygen and K2CO3 participated in AC/s synthesis, and in the presence of traces of air and NaOtBu, unusual AEs products were obtained.