K. Esumi et al., PREPARATION OF ORGANO PALLADIUM SOLS FROM PALLADIUM COMPLEXES IN VARIOUS ALCOHOLS, Colloids and surfaces. A, Physicochemical and engineering aspects, 82(1), 1994, pp. 111-113
Organo palladium sols were prepared from palladium complexes in variou
s alcohols in the presence of polyvinylpyrrolidone. Uniform palladium
particles ranging in size between 2 and 4 nm were obtained in 1-pentan
ol, alpha-phenylethyl alcohol, and beta-phenylethyl alcohol solutions
of palladium acetate. In contrast, Pd(acac)2 (acac, 2.4-pentanedionato
) yielded particles of wider size distribution compared to those from
palladium acetate.