A new method for the synthesis of abiraterone drug catalyzed by Pd‐NPs@Zn‐MOF as efficient reusable catalyst

The present work provides a novel process for the preparation of abiraterone drug in a Suzuki–Miyaura coupling approach by a new heterogeneous palladium catalyst, Pd‐NPs@Zn‐MOF, which has been synthesized by one‐step encapsulation in nanoporous metal–organic framework Zn‐MOF under a temperature control program for the first time. Pd‐NPs@Zn‐MOF were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X‐Ray powder diffraction (XRD), BET surface area analysis, inductively coupled plasma (ICP)‐optical emission spectrometry (OES), and X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS).