Selective Cu4Pd alloy nanoparticles anchoring on amine functionalized graphite nanosheets and their use as reusable catalysts for a C-C coupling reaction with the sacrificial role of Cu for Pd-regeneration.A facile method for the synthesis of phase selective alloy nanoparticles (NPs), Cu4Pd and their in situ anchoring on the surface of amine functionalized graphite nanosheets (AFGNS) by solvothermal process has been demonstrated.  During the solvothermal reaction in presence of N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF; solvent cum reducing agent) Pd(2+) gets reduced first due to its higher reduction potential. 
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