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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 28.
Published in final edited form as: J Hazard Mater. 2008 Mar 6;159(2-3):483–491. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.02.109

Scheme 2.

Scheme 2

Electrochemical preparation of nanoparticles. Polypyrrole was formed at constant current until 4.5 C/cm2 of current density was achieved from a 0.15 M pyrrole in 0.1 M KClO4 solution. Incubation of the film in 1 mM K2PdCl4 solution overnight exchanges perchlorate for tetrachloropalladate, which is reduced by polypyrrole to Pd0 in the film. The Pd nanoparticles were used for dechlorination (RX → RH + X) in the presence of hydrogen.