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CHAPTER 2<br />

PALLADIUM CATALYSTS IN SUZUKI CROSS-<br />

COUPLING REACTION<br />

Catalysis is important academically and <strong>in</strong>dustrially. It plays an essential role <strong>in</strong><br />

the production of a wide range of products, frm gasol<strong>in</strong>e and plastics to fertilizers and<br />

herbicides.<br />

A catalyst can be def<strong>in</strong>ed as a chemical substance which transforms reactants<br />

<strong>in</strong>to products via an un<strong>in</strong>terrupted and repeated cycle of elementary steps and<br />

regenerated <strong>in</strong> its orig<strong>in</strong>al form at the end of cycle dur<strong>in</strong>g its life (Weitkamp and Puppe<br />

1999). In general, there are three classes of <strong>catalysts</strong> <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g heterogeneous,<br />

homogeneous and biological <strong>catalysts</strong> (Figure 2.1.) (Smith and Notheisz 1995).<br />

Bulk<br />

metal<br />

HETEROGENEOUS HOMOGENEOUS BIOLOGICAL<br />

Supported<br />

metals<br />

Metals<br />

oxides,sulfides,<br />

etc.<br />

Supported<br />

<strong>in</strong>organic<br />

metals<br />

Supported<br />

organo-metallic<br />

complexes<br />

Figure 2.1. General k<strong>in</strong>ds of <strong>catalysts</strong>.<br />

(Source: Smith and Notheisz 1995)<br />

Organo-<br />

metallic<br />

complexes Enzymes<br />

Homogeneous catalysis means that a catalyst is <strong>in</strong> the same phase (usually liquid<br />

or gas solution) as the reactants and products. In contrast, heterogeneous catalysis<br />

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