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Macromolecule—Palladium Complexes as Catalysts for the Synthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide

A. Biffis and M. Králik

Dipartimento di Chimica Inorganica Metallorganica ed Analitica, Universit`a di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy

E-mail: andrea.biffis@unipd.it

Received: 22 August 2001

Abstract: Commercial resin supports containing aromatic nitrogen bases as functional groups have been used as macromolecular ligands for palladium(II), thus yielding insoluble macromolecule—metal complexes. Preliminary tests were run with these materials as catalysts for the preparation of hydrogen peroxide from carbon monoxide, oxygen, and water. Pretreatment of the catalyst with an organic solvent was found to be necessary in order to achieve catalytic activity. The best results (turnover number = 6) were obtained with pretreatment in dioxane.

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Chemical Papers 56 (3) 178–181 (2002)