Lorenzo Biancalana , Nicola Di Fidio , Domenico Licursi , Stefano Zacchini , Alessia Cinci , Anna Maria Raspolli Galletti , Fabio Marchetti , Claudia Antonetti
{"title":"New ruthenium(II) isocyanide catalysts for the transfer hydrogenation of ethyl levulinate to γ-valerolactone in C2-C6 alcohols","authors":"Lorenzo Biancalana , Nicola Di Fidio , Domenico Licursi , Stefano Zacchini , Alessia Cinci , Anna Maria Raspolli Galletti , Fabio Marchetti , Claudia Antonetti","doi":"10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115761","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115761","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Transfer hydrogenation (TH) processes are receiving great attention for biomass valorization and ruthenium(II) complexes are renowned TH catalysts both on laboratory and industrial scale. Only a few homogeneous catalytic precursors are available in the literature for the TH of ethyl levulinate (EL) to γ-valerolactone (GVL). Herein, starting from simple, commercially available isocyanides, two classes of air-stable ruthenium(II) complexes were synthesized and tested as catalytic precursors. First, an optimized preparation of Ru(II) <em>p</em>-cymene isocyanide complexes was developed. Then, the thermally induced <em>p</em>-cymene/DMSO substitution gave access to unprecedented ruthenium isocyanide-DMSO complexes. All the complexes were characterized and tested in TH of EL to GVL showing promising performances, adopting 2-propanol as hydrogen donor, a low catalyst (Ru) and co-catalyst (KOH) amount, working under microwave heating for 1 h at 150 °C. The most selective systems were also successfully tested with different biomass-derived alcohols, including 2-butanol. Finally, the recycling of the best catalyst was also investigated, thus improving the efficiency of the entire process.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":346,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Catalysis","volume":"439 ","pages":"Article 115761"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021951724004743/pdfft?md5=673be9fd9f252c49bcf6d3a0636f7599&pid=1-s2.0-S0021951724004743-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142315599","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lin Zhang , Pinli Dai , Xin Meng, Yu Tian, Xuan Zhou, Wenchang Gou, Yunhuan Wang, Chun Li
{"title":"Cinchona alkaloids-derived chiral ligands for Mn-catalyzed ATH of ketones: Improvement of enantioselectivity through π-π stacking-induced hydrogen bond","authors":"Lin Zhang , Pinli Dai , Xin Meng, Yu Tian, Xuan Zhou, Wenchang Gou, Yunhuan Wang, Chun Li","doi":"10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115758","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115758","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Inexpensive and readily available manganese metals combined with novel chiral ligands derived from cinchona alkaloids catalyzed the asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of aromatic ketones. All tested aromatic ketones were highly enantioselectively converted to the corresponding chiral alcohols, obtaining up to 99.4% ee. Based on control experiments and density functional theory (DFT) calculations, a plausible mechanism was discussed. During catalysis, π-π stacking in the catalyst promoted the formation of hydrogen bonds between the substrate and the catalyst, and the stronger the stacking, the stronger the hydrogen bonds, while stronger hydrogen bonds were more favourable for achieving high enantioselectivity in manganese-catalyzed asymmetric transfer hydrogenation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":346,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Catalysis","volume":"439 ","pages":"Article 115758"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142244234","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Juanjuan Zhang , Wen-Tao Dong , Baoling Huang , Xuran Liu , Wenjian Wang , Lianxiang Luo , Shao-Fei Ni , Weigao Hu , Jia Zheng
{"title":"Nickel-catalyzed directed hydrodefluorination by using water as a hydride source","authors":"Juanjuan Zhang , Wen-Tao Dong , Baoling Huang , Xuran Liu , Wenjian Wang , Lianxiang Luo , Shao-Fei Ni , Weigao Hu , Jia Zheng","doi":"10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115754","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115754","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We present a new route to construct amides bearing a β,γ-unsaturated <em>gem</em>-difluoroalkene. This amide-directing hydrodefluorination of less reactive CF<sub>3</sub>-substituted alkenes was achieved by nickel catalysis. In this transformation, water was used as the hydride source. Monodeuterated <em>gem</em>-difluoroalkenes were obtained by using inexpensive deuterium oxide. In addition, the proposed mechanism was supported by both experimental observations and DFT calculation. This protocol complements the existing approaches to expand the diversity of <em>gem</em>-difluoro olefins.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":346,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Catalysis","volume":"439 ","pages":"Article 115754"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142244233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Porous organic polymer with free carboxylic acids (Carboxy-POP) as an expedient heterogeneous catalyst for transamidation/transimidation of multifarious amides, thioamides, imides and urea","authors":"Alka Karn , Navin Yadav , Jarugu Narasimha Moorthy","doi":"10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115755","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115755","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The exceptional attributes of porous organic polymers (POPs) such as high physicochemical stability, intrinsic microporosity, and customised access from simple organic building blocks render them highly suitable as catalytic nanosized reactors. These materials can be engineered in a ‘bottom-up’ fashion by integrating catalytic components into the polymeric structures through facile synthesis based on rationally designed building blocks and judicious selection of the polymerization reactions. Herein, we report that a POP adorned by free carboxylic acid functionalities (<strong>Carboxy-POP</strong>) on its surface works remarkably as a heterogeneous catalyst for metal-free transamidation, a fundamentally important transformation, of diverse unactivated carboxamides and thiocarboxamides with aliphatic, aromatic and cyclic amines. The protocol is also shown to be applicable for the transimidation of challenging substrates such as phthalimides and the transamidation of urea, providing the corresponding products in good to excellent isolated yields. The significant highlights of this methodology include efficiency, ease of workup, facile separation, and recyclability of the catalyst; the latter is demonstrated up to 12 cycles.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":346,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Catalysis","volume":"439 ","pages":"Article 115755"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142272787","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lingcong Li , Duotian Chen , Akihiko Anzai , Ningqiang Zhang , Yikun Kang , Yucheng Qian , Pengfei Du , Abdellah Ait El Fakir , Takashi Toyao , K. Shimizu
{"title":"Operando spectroscopic studies on redox mechanism for CO2 hydrogenation to CO on In2O3 catalysts","authors":"Lingcong Li , Duotian Chen , Akihiko Anzai , Ningqiang Zhang , Yikun Kang , Yucheng Qian , Pengfei Du , Abdellah Ait El Fakir , Takashi Toyao , K. Shimizu","doi":"10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115762","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115762","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The catalytic activities of In<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> catalysts with different surface area for both cyclic unsteady-state (transient) and steady-state reverse water–gas shift (RWGS) reactions were systemically investigated. The initial CO formation rates during CO<sub>2</sub>-oxidation of the H<sub>2</sub>-reduced In<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> catalysts were close to the CO formation rates in steady-state RWGS conditions at 325 °C, suggesting a redox mechanism for the steady-state RWGS reaction over the In<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> catalysts. Transient kinetics for the In<sup>3+</sup>/In<sup>+</sup> redox and products (H<sub>2</sub>O, CO) formation during the cyclic H<sub>2</sub>-reduction and CO<sub>2</sub>-oxidation of In<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> under periodic feeding of H<sub>2</sub> ↔ CO<sub>2</sub> were studied by time-resolved <em>operando</em> UV–vis and In <em>K</em>-edge X-ray absorption experiments at 325 °C. During the H<sub>2</sub>-reduction, the surface In<sup>3+</sup>-O species was reduced to produce H<sub>2</sub>O and In<sup>+</sup>-□ (□: oxygen vacancy). Subsequent re-oxidation of the In<sup>+</sup>-□ by CO<sub>2</sub> gave CO and the In<sup>3+</sup>-O species. The transient CO formation rates were close to the consumption rates of In<sup>+</sup>-□ under CO<sub>2</sub>, providing a quantitative evidence on the redox mechanism for unsteady-state RWGS reaction over In<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>. These results indicate that the unsteady-state and steady-state RWGS reactions are primary driven by the In<sup>3+</sup>/In<sup>+</sup> redox mechanism. Kinetic results show that the reoxidation step is the rate-limiting step in the steady-state RWGS reaction.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":346,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Catalysis","volume":"439 ","pages":"Article 115762"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142272786","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Qiangwen Fan , Dawei Liu , Yuan Hu , Qiuyun Huang , Saijin Xiao , Huijun Ren , Haibo Zhu , Zongbo Xie
{"title":"Solid-state synthesis of lead-free perovskite Cs3Bi2Br9 for photocatalytic O2-involved coupling of aldehydes or alcohols to anhydrides","authors":"Qiangwen Fan , Dawei Liu , Yuan Hu , Qiuyun Huang , Saijin Xiao , Huijun Ren , Haibo Zhu , Zongbo Xie","doi":"10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115750","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115750","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Herein, a green and highly efficient strategy was developed to fabricate lead-free perovskite Cs<sub>3</sub>Bi<sub>2</sub>Br<sub>9</sub> through solid-state mechanochemical process under mild conditions, wherein the effects of rotation speed, grinding duration and ball-to-powder ratio on the formation of Cs<sub>3</sub>Bi<sub>2</sub>Br<sub>9</sub> powers were investigated. The photocatalytic performance of the as-prepared Cs<sub>3</sub>Bi<sub>2</sub>Br<sub>9</sub> powers was evaluated for catalyzing oxidative coupling of various aldehydes or alcohols to anhydrides using O<sub>2</sub> as the sole oxidant. Furthermore, a probable reaction mechanism was proposed basing on series active species capture experiments.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":346,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Catalysis","volume":"439 ","pages":"Article 115750"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142244191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yuanyuan Yue , Qimin Tu , Jianhang Zhang , Huihui Yin , Zhihui Hou , Heng Zhang , Hong Yi , Jianming Liu
{"title":"C–H/C–H Aromative carbonylation of diarylalkynes enabled palladium-catalyzed by 6-endo-dig carbocyclization","authors":"Yuanyuan Yue , Qimin Tu , Jianhang Zhang , Huihui Yin , Zhihui Hou , Heng Zhang , Hong Yi , Jianming Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115757","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115757","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Transition metal-catalyzed cycloaromatization reactions of diarylalkynes offer a swift and versatile approach to synthesizing a wide array of polycyclic aromatic compounds. However, the specific mechanism of Pd-catalyzed C–H/C–H aromative carbonylation of diarylalkynes, particularly those bearing adjacent functional groups, remains a relatively unexplored area. Herein, we present a palladium-catalyzed C–H/C–H aromative carbonylation of diarylalkynes, which proceeds through an exclusive 6-<em>endo</em>-<em>dig</em> carbocyclization pathway, followed by the incorporation of CO to yield carbonyl compounds. This methodology provides a novel and efficient route for generating complex aromatic structures, thus expanding the potential applications in organic synthesis.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":346,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Catalysis","volume":"439 ","pages":"Article 115757"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142244232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sadhan Dey , Seema D. Thakur , Anirban Sau , Dibyajyoti Panja , Trishit Roy , Jinqiang Zhang , Harshini V. Annadata , Sabuj Kundu
{"title":"Cobalt catalyzed condensation interrupted selective transfer hydrogenation using methanol","authors":"Sadhan Dey , Seema D. Thakur , Anirban Sau , Dibyajyoti Panja , Trishit Roy , Jinqiang Zhang , Harshini V. Annadata , Sabuj Kundu","doi":"10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115759","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115759","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Utilizing methanol transfer hydrogenation (TH) of nitroarene and α,β-unsaturated ketones has significant challenges as it mostly produced the corresponding N/C-methylated and over-hydrogenated products. Hence, selective synthesis of amines and saturated ketones from nitroarene and α,β-unsaturated ketones respectively employing methanol as hydrogen source is an exciting area of research. Additionally, development of air and moisture-stable reusable cobalt based catalytic system for the dehydrogenation of methanol is a fascinating area to investigate. In this prospect, we disclosed a single atom cobalt catalysed condensation interrupted selective TH of a library of various nitroarenes and α,β-unsaturated ketones using methanol as a hydrogen source. A series of pharmaceutically important drug molecules was synthesized to establish the synthetic applicability of this methodology. Several control experiments were carried out to understand the reaction mechanism. Notably, this catalyst was recycled up to six times without considerable loss of its catalytic activity.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":346,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Catalysis","volume":"439 ","pages":"Article 115759"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142315598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xue Zhao , Chen-Xi Tang , Qiang Xu , Heng Rao , Dong-Ying Du , Ping She , Jun-Sheng Qin
{"title":"Microenvironment modulation of Fe-porphyrinic metal–organic frameworks for CO2 photoreduction","authors":"Xue Zhao , Chen-Xi Tang , Qiang Xu , Heng Rao , Dong-Ying Du , Ping She , Jun-Sheng Qin","doi":"10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115745","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115745","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Photocatalytic CO<sub>2</sub> reduction to fuels and chemicals is a promising pathway towards carbon resource recovery. Herein, three isomorphic Fe-porphyrinic MOFs, Zr<sub>6</sub>O<sub>4</sub>(OH)<sub>4</sub>(Fe-TCPP)<sub>3</sub> (<strong>MOF-525</strong>, Fe-TCPP = iron 5,10,15,20-tetra(4-carboxyphenyl)-porphyrin), Zr<sub>6</sub>O<sub>4</sub>(OH)<sub>4</sub>(Fe-TCPP-NO<sub>2</sub>)<sub>3</sub> (<strong>MOF-525-NO<sub>2</sub></strong>, Fe-TCPP-NO<sub>2</sub> = iron 5,10,15,20-tetra(2-nitro-4-carboxyphenyl)-porphyrin), and Zr<sub>6</sub>O<sub>4</sub>(OH)<sub>4</sub>(Fe-TCBPP-NO<sub>2</sub>)<sub>3</sub> (<strong>MOF-526-NO<sub>2</sub></strong>, Fe-TCBPP-NO<sub>2</sub> = iron 5,10,15,20-tetra[4-(4′-carboxyphenyl)-2-nitrophenyl]-porphyrin) were synthesized and employed as photocatalysts for CO<sub>2</sub> reduction. Among them, <strong>MOF-525-NO<sub>2</sub></strong> exhibited the highest catalytic activity with CO and H<sub>2</sub> yields of 10.36 and 0.46 mmol·g<sup>−1</sup> without any photosensitizer under visible light. Mechanism investigations suggested that the micro-environments of these MOFs were adjusted by introducing porphyrinic fragments with different lengths and functional groups, resulting in stronger CO<sub>2</sub> affinity, faster photocurrent response, and efficient photogenerated electron-hole separation and transfer, which finally promoted the efficiency for photocatalytic CO<sub>2</sub> reduction.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":346,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Catalysis","volume":"439 ","pages":"Article 115745"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142232884","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Diverse effects of ferromagnetic-paramagnetic phase transition on the activity and selectivity of ferromagnetic catalysts","authors":"Ya Chen , Yonghua Liu , Gaomou Xu , Tao Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115749","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115749","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Tuning the catalyst’s activity and selectivity is usually achieved by modifying the electronic structure through strategies such as alloying, doping, strain, and ligand modification, but inevitably accompanied by geometric structure changes of catalysts. It is challenging to modify a catalyst’s electronic structure without changing its geometric structure. Recent studies found that the second-order ferromagnetic to paramagnetic (FM-PM) phase transition could promote catalytic performance without altering the geometric structures of active sites, which was also known as the magneto-catalytic effect (MCE). However, the understanding of the MCE is still incomplete. Herein, we conducted systematic density functional theory (DFT) calculations to clarify the complex reaction mechanisms for conversions of nitrogen-containing small molecules on both FM and PM Ni (1<!--> <!-->1<!--> <!-->1) surfaces. Our microkinetic modeling (MKM) results demonstrate that FM-PM phase transition promotes the N<sub>2</sub>O decomposition activity of FM Ni catalyst but decreases its activity for NO decomposition while showing a negligible influence on the activity of ammonia decomposition. These results indicate the promotion, inhibition, and disappearance mechanisms of MCE on the catalytic activity, which further changes the selectivity of different products. We anticipate the MCE will work as an effective strategy for fine-tuning the activity and selectivity of ferromagnetic catalysts in heterogeneous catalysis, providing an extra basis for rational catalyst design.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":346,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Catalysis","volume":"439 ","pages":"Article 115749"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142244236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}