Evidence for the Surface‐Catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura Reaction over Palladium Nanoparticles: An Operando XAS Study

No need to get away: X-ray absorption spectroscopy of catalytically active palladium nanoparticles during a Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction revealed that the nanoparticles were stable under the reaction conditions, and that cross-coupling involved the direct participation of surface palladium defect sites in the catalytic cycle (see picture). Selective chemical and structural poisons provided further evidence for a heterogeneous active site. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.