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Palladium nanoparticles were prepared on reduced graphene oxide (Pd NPs/rGO) by using a sonochemical procedure. Pd NPs with a mean diameter of 37 22 nm were deposited on reduced graphene oxide sheets by the reaction between PdCI42- and graphene oxide (GO) under sonochemical conditions. The catalyst was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES). The Pd NPs/rGO nanocomposite was successfully applied as a reusable catalyst for the reduction of benzyl alcohol derivatives into the corresponding methylene compounds in the presence of triethylsilane. The reductive dehydroxylation of benzyl alcohols takes place under mild conditions affording high yields of the corresponding methylene compounds in short reaction times. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.