Recent Advances in Palladium-Based Catalysts
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Catalysis in Organic and Polymer Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2027 | Viewed by 93
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Interests: homogeneous catalysts; sustainable reaction media; organic chemistry
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Dear Colleagues,
The field of palladium‑catalyzed reactions has undergone a profound transformation over the last few decades, evolving from a handful of cross‑coupling manifolds into a remarkably diverse platform for bond construction in complex-molecule synthesis. In addition to the now classic C–C and C–heteroatom cross-coupling reactions recognized with the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, palladium catalysis has been extended to a broad spectrum of synthetic transformations that enable even more direct, atom‑economical, and sustainable routes to value‑added products.
Beyond traditional couplings, modern palladium chemistry plays a central role in site‑selective C–H activation. In addition, the merger of palladium catalysis with visible light photocatalysis has unlocked complementary reactivity patterns, including radical-mediated C–C and C–heteroatom bond formations, redox‑neutral desaturations, and decarboxylative C–H functionalizations. Parallel developments in electrocatalytic protocols now exploit palladium in conjunction with anodic or cathodic events to replace stoichiometric oxidants or reductants. At the same time, innovative ligand architectures and nanostructured palladium materials have dramatically expanded the scope, efficiency and sustainability of these processes, facilitating challenging couplings of C(sp3)–rich substrates, asymmetric variants, the use of environmentally benign solvents, and high‑turnover, low‑loading systems suited to industrial manufacture.
This Special Issue of Catalysts will cover recent advances in palladium-catalyzed reactions, including the topics mentioned above as well as emerging and as-yet unexplored areas.
Dr. Raul SanMartin
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- palladium homogeneous catalysts
- palladium heterogenous catalysts
- palladium complexes
- cross-coupling reactions
- C–H activation
- oxidation
- reduction
- photocatalysis
- electrocatalysis
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