Palladium(II) Acetylacetonate is an active anticancer agent. Exhibits growth inhibitory effect more than cisplatin in several cancer cells and treatment with Palladium(II) Acetylacetonate inhibits H460 cells. Palladium(II) Acetylacetonate is a catalyst for various organic transformations.
Palladium(II) acetylacetonate (Pd(acac)
2) was used in the following studies:
- Typical high-temperature organic solution phase protocol for the preparation of monodisperse CuPd alloy nanoparticles (NPs).
- Preparation of [(NHC)Pd(acac)L] (where L=Me, NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene) complexes. These complexes efficiently catalyze the Heck reaction of activated aryl bromides.
- As catalyst in the decarboxylative cross-coupling of arylcarboxylic acids with aryl halides.
Palladium(II) acetylacetonate (Pd(acac)2) is a metal-organic complex. Sublimation of Pd(acac)2 has been investigated by thermogravimetry and XRD. The temperature range for the sublimation of Pd(acac)2, without undergoing thermal decomposition, was determined to be 100-160°C in the presence of inert gas helium.
Flammability and Explosibility
Highly flammable
core: palladium
reaction type: Buchwald-Hartwig Cross Coupling Reaction
reaction type: Heck Reaction
reaction type: Hiyama Coupling
reaction type: Negishi Coupling
reaction type: Sonogashira Coupling
reaction type: Stille Coupling
reaction type: Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling
reagent type: catalyst
It can be recrystallised from *C6H6/pet ether and sublimes in vacuo. It is soluble in heptane, *C6H6 (1.2% at 20o, 2.2 at 40o), toluene (0.56% at 20o, 1.4% at 40o) and acetylacetone (1.2% at 20o, 0.05% at 40o). [West & Riley J Inorg Nucl Chem 5 295 1957/8, Fernelius & Bryant Inorg Synth V 105 1957, Beilstein 1 IV 3676.]
