A general overview of the use of plant extracts from Pulicaria glutinosa and Salvadora persica, available locally in Saudi Arabia used as green echo friendly reductants in the preparation of metal nanoparticles of silver and palladium will be presented. Further use of these extracts in the preparation of highly reduced graphene oxide and graphene nanocomposites will be discussed. The use of these nanomaterials in catalytic reactions like Suzuki coupling and selective oxidation of benzylic alcohols to aldehydes will be presented.
Speakers
Professor Mohammed R. Siddiqui
Mohammed R. Siddiqui is a full Professor, Department of Chemistry, at King Saud University, Riyadh