POSS-Based Covalent Networks: Supporting and Stabilizing Pd for Heck Reaction in Aqueous Media

Abstract

Palladium nanoparticles supported on Incompletely Condensed Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane (IC-POSS) based poly (Acrylamide-co-Hydroxy ethyl methacrylate) as a novel nanohybrid catalyst were synthesized and characterized. This catalyst was found to be an efficient and reusable heterogeneous catalyst for the Heck reaction using water as the solvent in the absence of a phosphine ligand and phase transfer catalyst.