HIGHLY ACTIVE POLYMER-SUPPORTED Pd COMPLEX. A NEW SYNTHETIC METHOD AND ITS USE IN SELECTIVE HYDROGENATION OF OLEFINS AND ACETYLENES

Abstract
The palladium chloride complex supported on polymeric diphenylbenzyl phosphine is very active for both hydrogenation of olefins and acetylenes, and isomerization of double bonds. This high activity is probably due to the formation of the coordinatively unsaturated palladium.