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Optically active amphiphilic hyperbranched polyglycerols as templates for palladium nanoparticles

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Abstract We report a systematic study on the encapsulation of palladium nanoparticles in optically active amphiphilic hyperbranched polyglycerols with different optical signs and different degrees of polymerization, namely (−)-P(G 40 C16 0.5 ) 1 and (+)-P(G 73 C16 0.5 ) 2 . Several issues have been addressed here: (a) relatively wide size distributions (1–5 nm) of palladium nanoparticles have been achieved, (b) a remarkable template effect ( 1 , DP n  = 40, 1.2 ± 0.1 nm; 2 , DP n  = 73, 2.3 ± 0.1 nm average particle size) has been observed using TEM technique, as shown by the particle size dependent on the degree of polymerization of the polymers, (c) NaBH 4 is found to be a convenient reducing agent to produce small particle size compared with gaseous hydrogen, (d) catalytic Heck reaction of 2,3-dihydrofuran and aryl triflate has been tested successfully without enantiocontrol.