Preparation of Water-Dispersible Palladium Nanoparticles Stabilized by Carbon–Palladium Bonds and Application to Suzuki–Miyaura Coupling in Water

Water-dispersible palladium nanoparticle catalysts have been prepared using palladium–carbon covalent bonds. They worked as an excellent catalyst for Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reaction in water. Even though the particle size of Pd nanoparticles was much larger than the previously reported ones, they showed a very good catalytic activity for the coupling reaction.