Palladium associated with

Impurities in cmde metal can occur as other metals or nonmetals, either dissolved or in some occluded form. Normally, impurities are detrimental, making the metal less useful and less valuable. Sometimes, as in the case of copper, extremely small impurity concentrations, eg, arsenic, can impart a harmful effect on a given physical property, eg, electrical conductivity. On the other hand, impurities may have commercial value. For example, gold, silver, platinum, and palladium, associated with copper, each has value. In the latter situation, the purity of the metal is usually improved by some refining technique, thereby achieving some value-added and by-product credit. 

FIGURE 38 Palladium distribution in the optimized monolith (A) cross section of channels, (B) enlarged view of center, (C) Si mapping, (D) Pd mapping. The thin silica layer and the palladium associated with it are clearly visible. Color bar indicates the Pd concentration. 

Discovered in 1803 by Wollaston, Palladium is found with platinum and other metals of the platinum group in placer deposits of Russia, South America, North America, Ethiopia, and Australia. It is also found associated with the nickel-copper deposits of South Africa and Ontario. Palladium s separation from the platinum metals depends upon the type of ore in which it is found. 

Ni(CO)4, TMEDA, DMF, 55°, 4 h, 87-95% yield. Because of the toxicio associated with nickel carbonyl, this method is rarely used and has largeb been supplanted by palladium-based reagents. 

The ease of formation of the carbene depends on the nucleophilicity of the anion associated with the imidazolium. For example, when Pd(OAc)2 is heated in the presence of [BMIM][Br], the formation of a mixture of Pd imidazolylidene complexes occurs. Palladium complexes have been shown to be active and stable catalysts for Heck and other C-C coupling reactions [34]. The highest activity and stability of palladium is observed in the ionic liquid [BMIM][Brj. Carbene complexes can be formed not only by deprotonation of the imidazolium cation but also by direct oxidative addition to metal(O) (Scheme 5.3-3). These heterocyclic carbene ligands can be functionalized with polar groups in order to increase their affinity for ionic liquids. While their donor properties can be compared to those of donor phosphines, they have the advantage over phosphines of being stable toward oxidation. 

The catalytic activity, however, is generally associated with leaching of the metal into solution, the reaction being most likely catalyzed by soluble active Pd species. Palladium leaching is generally caused by oxidative attack of the aryl halide on the metal nanoparticles, giving catalyt-ically active aryl halide Pd(II) species in solution [30]. 

Under all the conditions studied, addition of bare Si02-SH to Heck or Suzuki coupling reactions using a variety of bases, aryl halides and solvents resulted in complete cessation of the catalytic activity (35). These results suggest that catalysis with this precatalyst is also associated with labile palladium species that... 

Some of the details of the mechanism may differ for various catalytic systems. There have been kinetic studies on two of the amination systems discussed here. The results of a study of the kinetics of amination of bromobenzene using Pd2(dba)3, BINAP, and sodium r-amyloxide in toluene were consistent with the oxidative addition occurring after addition of the amine at Pd. The reductive elimination is associated with deprotonation of the animated palladium complex.166... 

Palladium/charcoal also could serve as a catalyst for Sonogashira reactions of peptides in aqueous media. Recently, Granja et al. used palladium/carbon associated with 4-diphenylphosphinobenzoic acid (4-DPPBA) or triphenylphosphine ligand to catalyze such a reaction in aqueous DMF (Eq. 4.16).34... 

It is usually difficult to discuss unambiguously on the role of the formation of sulphate, which may explain the deactivation. Their formation can equally occur on the support and on the noble metals. The poisoning effect of S02 has been reported by Qi el al. on Pd/Ti02/Al203 [112], However, in the presence of water, the stabilisation of hydroxyl groups could inhibit the adsorption of S02 [113], Burch also suggested a possible redispersion of palladium oxide promoted by the formation of hydroxyl species [114], Such tentative interpretations could correctly explain the tendencies that we observed irrespective to the nature of the supports, which indicate an improvement in the conversion of NO into N2 at high temperature. Nevertheless, the accentuation of those tendencies particularly on prereduced perovskite-based catalysts could be in connection with structural modifications associated with the reconstruction of the rhombohedral structure of... 

That the Pd-H system is composed of the units Pd and PdH has been suggested by Linde and Borelius on the basis of experiments on the behavior of the electrical resistance. Oxley7 has also suggested on the basis of susceptibility measurements that the hydrogen is in intimate association with the palladium. The study of the Pd-H system in this laboratory has been extended in other directions and the results will be reported soon. 

We review herein progress in microwave-assisted homogeneous metal catalysis in the liquid phase. Most of the work published in this field is, as the reader will see, associated with palladium chemistry, and this will, by necessity, also be reflected in the text. 

The problems associated with the in situ approaches can be avoided by using a discrete catalyst. The presumed structure of the monometallic palladium catalyst contains the sulfonated phosphine ligand chelated to the palladium and a palladium-carbon bond (polymer), most probably in cis geometry with respect to the phosphorous (Fig. 8). 

The ores from this region are of tholeiitic intrusions hosting Cu-Ni sulphides with relatively low PGM content. In these ores, most of the palladium is associated with pentlandite, where the platinum and rhodium are mainly associated with pyrrhotite. Only sperrilite and Pt-Fe alloys have, so far, been found in these ores. 

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