Table 2: Suzuki coupling reaction of various aryl halides with phenylboronic acida.

Entry Aryl halides Time Yield b/% Yield c/% Yield d/% Yield e/%
1 15 min 94.3 93.5 90.3 92.4
2 15 min 98.4 97.1 96.7 96.9
3 15 min 96.3 96.0 89.4 93.5
4 15 min 99.3 98.8 97.8 98.2
5 15 min 92.7 90.3 87.2 88.6
6 15 min 98.6 98.2 97.5 98.1
7 15 min 90.2 88.3 82.5 86.2
8 30 min 48.1 42.5 37.8 40.0
9f 6 h 15.9 13.6 9.5 11.2
10f 6 h 34.2 30.2 18.1 26.4
11f 6 h 45.6 38.3 29.5 37.4
12f 6 h 88.9 84.8 70.6 76.3
13f 6 h 65.6 59.6 46.7 55.2
14f 6 h 47.8 37.3 22.7 35.5

a Reaction conditions: aryl halide (1 mmol), phenylboronic acid (6 mmol), K2CO3 (2 mmol), PdNPs (0.1 mmol‰), EtOH/H2O (6 ml/6 ml). b PdNPs-EG c PdNPs-KBr-EG d PdNPs-CA e PdNPs-KBr-CA f PdNPs (1mmol‰).