Technical Notes:

1.NiPd NPs are useful catalysts for the tandem dehydrogenation of ammoniaborane and hydrogenation of R-NO2 or R-CN to R-NHz. NiPd nanoparticles also catalyze Suzuki Miyaura and Heck cross-coupling reactions. The product is

synthesized via the borane reduction of nickel and palladium salts in oleylamine, followed by dispersing the resulting mixture of Ni/Pd nanoparticles on graphene. The catalyst is 1 00% recyclable and shows no drop in catalytic activity after one month, when stored in air or argon at ambient temperatures.

References:

1.Nano Research, 2013, 6, 10.

2. ACS Catal., 2014,4, 1777.