Mallikarjuna, K.Bathula, C.Buruga, K.Shrestha, N.K.Noh, Y.-Y.Kim, H.2026-02-052017Materials Letters, 2017, 205, , pp. 138-1410167577Xhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2017.06.081https://idr.nitk.ac.in/handle/123456789/25474In this communication, we present the fenugreek tea aided green synthesis of Pd nanoparticles (PdNPs@FT). The synthesized PdNPs were characterized by UV–Visible spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), small area electron diffraction (SAED), fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). FT-IR manifested that polyol and amide groups present in fenugreek may have participated in the synthesis of palladium nanoparticles. PdNPs@FT exhibited high catalytic activity towards hydrogenation of 4-nitrophenol to 4-aminophenol. PdNPs@FT catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reaction between bromobenzene and phenyl boronic acid gave desired biphenyl in excellent yield. © 2017 Elsevier B.V.Catalyst activityChemical reactionsFourier transform infrared spectroscopyNanoparticlesPhenolsScanning electron microscopyX ray diffractionCatalytic applicationsFourier transform infra red (FTIR) spectroscopyFTIRGreen catalystsNitrophenolsPalladium nanoparticlesSuzuki-Miyaura reactionVisible spectroscopySynthesis (chemical)