{"title":"Exploring the performance of dual-atom Pd2 catalysts for benzene hydrogenation and cyclohexane dehydrogenation: A DFT and microkinetic modeling study","authors":"Bunrat Tharat , Cheng-Te Tsai , Suwit Suthirakun , Cheng-chau Chiu","doi":"10.1016/j.jcat.2025.116214","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcat.2025.116214","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Hydrogenation and dehydrogenation of aromatics play an important role in the hydrogen storage concept referred to as “liquid organic hydrogen carriers” (LOHCs). This work uses periodic DFT calculations in combination with microkinetic modeling to investigate the catalytic hydrogenation and dehydrogenation of the benzene/cyclohexane system, which can be understood as the simplest LOHC system. The considered catalyst is a Pd<sub>2</sub> structure supported on N-doped, defective graphene. Although the overall process is, with a reaction energy of −2.89 eV, highly exothermic, and the highest barrier for single reactions along the hydrogenation pathway is only 1.07 eV, the hydrogenation process is rather ineffective and only leads to the formation of a small amount of 1,2-dihydrobenzene (12B). This is related to the limited number of adsorption sites on the catalyst, which makes the co-adsorption of the reactants challenging, as the adsorption of H<sub>2</sub> facilitates the desorption of benzene and <em>vice versa</em>. We further studied the dehydrogenation of cyclohexane, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydrobenzene (1234B) and 12B. In the simulations, the considered dehydrogenation processes only lead to the removal of two hydrogen atoms instead of full dehydrogenation. This, again, is related to the limited adsorption sites: the activation of the C–H bonds and subsequent transfer of the H-atoms to the metal side weakens the interaction between the catalyst and the organic intermediate, resulting in the desorption of the latter before it can continue to dehydrogenate. The results of this work highlight the importance of considering the availability of adsorption sites, particularly when working with single- or few-atom catalysts. Though the inability to catalyze the full dehydrogenation is a problem for the concept of LOHCs, the considered Pd<sub>2</sub> catalyst may be interesting for selective dehydrogenation, another important process in the chemical industry.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":346,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Catalysis","volume":"449 ","pages":"Article 116214"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144066731","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}
Guangjing Li , Shawn Chiu , Harry W.T. Morgan , Autumn T. Fuchs , Avital Isakov , Patricia Poths , Zisheng Zhang , Anastassia N. Alexandrova , Scott L. Anderson
{"title":"Size-dependent effects of Ge addition on the coking and sintering tendency of PtnGem/alumina (n = 4,7,11) model catalysts","authors":"Guangjing Li , Shawn Chiu , Harry W.T. Morgan , Autumn T. Fuchs , Avital Isakov , Patricia Poths , Zisheng Zhang , Anastassia N. Alexandrova , Scott L. Anderson","doi":"10.1016/j.jcat.2025.116196","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcat.2025.116196","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The reactivity and adsorbate binding properties of alumina-supported Pt<sub>n</sub> and Pt<sub>n</sub>Ge<sub>m</sub> (n/m = 4/1, 7/2, 11/4) model catalysts were studied using a combination of ethylene and CO temperature-programmed desorption (TPD), He<sup>+</sup> ion scattering (ISS), and detailed density functional theory (DFT). The Pt<sub>n</sub>/alumina catalysts gradually deactivated in repeated CO TPD runs and deactivated more rapidly in repeated ethylene TPD runs due to the effects of sintering and carbon deposition (coking). Pt<sub>n</sub>Ge<sub>m</sub>/alumina catalysts were dramatically more stable against deactivation by both sintering and coking. Carbon addition to Pt<sub>n</sub>/alumina also increased stability against sintering, but not coking. Ion scattering was used to probe the nature of adsorbate binding, including the effects of both carbon and Ge addition on the accessibility of strong Pt-associated binding sites for ethylene and CO. DFT was used to examine the electronic and geometric structures and ethylene and CO binding properties of Pt<sub>n</sub> (n = 4, 7) with added Ge, carbon, or both. Consistent with the ISS results, DFT shows that loss of strong adsorbate binding sites mostly resulted from changes to the electronic properties of the clusters, rather than simple blocking of binding sites by Ge or carbon.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":346,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Catalysis","volume":"448 ","pages":"Article 116196"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143980106","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":"Electrochemical synthesis of biomass-derived aromatic N-heterocycles by using Ni-based hierarchical nanosheets catalysts","authors":"Zhouyi Quan , Wanling Xu , Jinzhu Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.jcat.2025.116218","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcat.2025.116218","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Electrochemical valorization of biomass to aromatic <em>N</em>-heterocycles is a pioneering field and an eco-friendly synthetic strategy. Herein, electro-oxidative cyclocondensations of biomass-based furoin with 1,2-phenylenediamines are developed for quinoxalines syntheses (16 examples) in 97∼80% yields by using Ni-based electro catalyst with KI as electrolyte and mediator. The electrocatalyst is developed as Ni-nanosheets densely assembled on a knitted carbon cloth with a hierarchical 3D-open network. The electrochemical furoin-to-quinoxaline transformation involves a tandem reaction of Ni-promoted I<sup>−</sup>-to-[I<sup>+</sup>] electro-oxidation, [I<sup>+</sup>]-induced furoin-to-furil oxidation, and furil/1,2-phenylenediamine cyclocondensation. The high performance of Ni catalyst is ascribed to its promotion effect on quick and selective I<sup>−</sup>-to-[I<sup>+</sup>] electro-oxidation, thus triggering a [I<sup>+</sup>]-mediated furoin oxidation. In contrast, the competitive reaction of direct 1,2-phenylenediamine oxidation is significantly suppressed on the anodic Ni surface. This research thus highlights a sustainable way for the productions of high value-added aromatic <em>N</em>-heterocycles by electro catalytic transformation of biomass-based compounds with earth-abundant transition-metal catalyst.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":346,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Catalysis","volume":"449 ","pages":"Article 116218"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143945796","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}
Fengting Hao , Zhaochun Liu , Pengcheng Huang , Wenqian Fu , Jie Ren , Lu Fan , Wei Chen , Tiandi Tang
{"title":"Shape-selective zeolite catalysis for the tandem reaction of aromatic alcohol dehydration isomerization to internal alkene","authors":"Fengting Hao , Zhaochun Liu , Pengcheng Huang , Wenqian Fu , Jie Ren , Lu Fan , Wei Chen , Tiandi Tang","doi":"10.1016/j.jcat.2025.116221","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcat.2025.116221","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Zeolite-catalyzed dehydration of fatty alcohols to alkenes is an effective method for biomass conversion. This study extends the reaction to a tandem reaction process that catalyzes the dehydration isomerization of aromatic alcohols to generate internal alkene under mild conditions. By using three acidic zeolites (HZSM-5, USY, and HBeta) as catalysts, it was found that when using HZSM-5, the conversion rate of 3-phenylpropanol was 100% and the selectivity of 1-propenylbenzene was 99.4% at 150 ℃, the conversion rate and selectivity were significantly lower when using USY and HBeta as catalyst. Grand Canonical Monte Carlo (GCMC) was conducted to understand the product selectivity difference, and the results demonstrate that 3-phenylpropanol adsorbs within the HZSM-5 zeolite channels in a distinctive isolated molecular configuration. This adsorption mode exhibits favorable spatial isolation from neighboring catalytic sites, thereby significantly enhancing the monomolecular dehydration pathway and facilitating selective isomerization to yield 1-propenylbenzene. However, the excessive adsorption of 3-phenylpropanol in the large pores of USY and HBeta will facilitate the formation of ether through bimolecular dehydration. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations showed that the dehydration process of 3-phenylpropanol can be achieved through both concerted and stepwise pathways, respectively. While the selectivity between 1-propenylbenzene and 2-propenylbenzene was affected by the stabilization of HZSM-5 to reaction intermediates, proving shape-selective catalysis. In addition, our calculations found that 3-phenylpropanol can directly generate 1-propenylbenzene through a concerted dehydration isomerization (DHI) pathway in HZSM-5. The reaction kinetics using HZSM-5 catalysts show that the activation energy of the dehydration process was higher than that of the isomerization process, while the initial reaction rate showed the opposite result, which was consistent with the trend of the free energy barriers of the dehydration and isomerization processes in DFT calculations. In addition, the reaction orders of the dehydration and isomerization processes were studied separately, and the elementary reaction steps and rate-determining steps were proposed. The experimental results were consistent with the DFT calculations, and the use of HZSM-5 did not favor multi-molecular dehydration pathways.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":346,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Catalysis","volume":"449 ","pages":"Article 116221"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143980088","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}
Tianyu Gao , Weixiao Sun , Haiyong Wang , Jing Zhang , Zhen Yan , Martine Trentesaux , Maya Marinova , Chenguang Wang , Vitaly Ordomsky , Sébastien Paul
{"title":"Synthesis of a heterogeneous 2D COF-based Fenton catalyst for epoxidation of olefins","authors":"Tianyu Gao , Weixiao Sun , Haiyong Wang , Jing Zhang , Zhen Yan , Martine Trentesaux , Maya Marinova , Chenguang Wang , Vitaly Ordomsky , Sébastien Paul","doi":"10.1016/j.jcat.2025.116217","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcat.2025.116217","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Styrene oxide is an important intermediate in many chemical syntheses. It can be produced through the epoxidation of styrene using supported metal catalysts. However, the catalytic performance and stability of these catalysts are negatively affected by the mass transfer, diffusional limitations and leaching of metals from supports. In this work, a hydroxyl-substituted bidentate 2D Schiff-base COF supported Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> particles catalyst (Fe-COF) is developed for styrene epoxidation using H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> as oxidant. Fe-COF catalyst possesses an eclipsed layered-sheet structure with a uniform distribution of Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> particles. Supported Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> particles as the active sites are responsible for the adsorption of styrene and generation of reactive oxygen radicals through the Fenton process. The presence of the extensive π-electron delocalization effect over COF support facilitates the electron transfer between Fe<sup>2+</sup> and Fe<sup>3+</sup> sites on Fe-COF catalyst during the reaction, accelerating the Fenton process, thus Fe-COF catalyst even shows a higher catalytic activity (86.0 % conversion of styrene and 88.0 % selectivity to styrene oxide) compared with homogeneous Fenton catalyst (Fe(NO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>3</sub>). In addition, Fe-COF catalyst demonstrates good stability after 5 recycles without Fe leaching, due to the coordination of Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> particles with the imine and hydroxyl groups in COF support.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":346,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Catalysis","volume":"449 ","pages":"Article 116217"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143945633","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":"Manganese-promoted Ni/Al2O3 catalysts for effective CO2 methanation","authors":"Wenhao Zhang , Liang shen , Longhao Xu , Fayang Zhou , Fengyin Sun , Jing Xu , Minghui Zhu","doi":"10.1016/j.jcat.2025.116215","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcat.2025.116215","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Hydrogenation of CO<sub>2</sub> to methane is a feasible solution to the growing global environmental and energy challenges. Nickel-based catalysts are efficient and cost effective for CO<sub>2</sub> methanation. Hernin, we synthesized Mn-promoted Ni/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> catalysts with facilitated CO<sub>2</sub> methanation and elucidated the crucial role of Mn. After Mn doping, NiMn/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> catalysts showed improved NiO dispersion. Subsequently, H<sub>2</sub> reduction and CO<sub>2</sub> methanation treatments resulted in reduction of NiO and MnO<sub>2</sub> into Ni and MnO, and incorporation of Ni<sup>2+</sup> into MnO lattice, forming NiMnO<sub>x</sub> and creating numerous Ni-NiMnO<sub>x</sub> interfaces. The abundant oxygen vacancies from NiMnO<sub>x</sub> could enhance CO<sub>2</sub> activation. Moreover, oxygen vacancies at the interface also promote electron transfer from Ni and MnO, leading to electron-poor Ni nanoparticles and thus significantly promoting the *CO methanation. Ultimately, the electron-poor Ni nanoparticles and abundant oxygen vacancies at the Ni-NiMnO<sub>x</sub> interface jointly facilitate CO<sub>2</sub> methanation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":346,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Catalysis","volume":"448 ","pages":"Article 116215"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143940617","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}
Haisong Feng , Zhen Ge , Yuan Deng , Pengxin Pu , Shiquan Zhao , Xin Song , Hao Yuan , Yaze Wu , Jing Yang , Yubing Si , Antonio Politano , Xin Zhang , Yong-Wei Zhang
{"title":"Unveiling high-performance single-atom alloy catalysts for alkane dehydrogenation through DFT and machine learning synergy","authors":"Haisong Feng , Zhen Ge , Yuan Deng , Pengxin Pu , Shiquan Zhao , Xin Song , Hao Yuan , Yaze Wu , Jing Yang , Yubing Si , Antonio Politano , Xin Zhang , Yong-Wei Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.jcat.2025.116213","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcat.2025.116213","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The recent surge in shale gas production has renewed interest in efficient alkane dehydrogenation for the synthesis of fuels and high-value chemicals. However, developing cost-effective catalysts that exhibit high catalytic activity while minimizing over-dehydrogenation and carbon deposition remains a significant challenge. Here, we integrate density functional theory (DFT) calculations with machine learning (ML) to design single-atom alloy (SAA) catalysts for efficient alkane dehydrogenation. Using DFT, we calculate 92 C<img>H bond disassociation energy barriers to construct a dataset, which is used to train eight ML algorithms with 12 features. The top-performing Bagging Regression (BAR) model is then employed to predict C<img>H bond activation energy barriers on the surfaces of 53 SAA candidates, enabling rapid screening of methane dehydrogenation activity. Among these, the Ru<sub>1</sub>Cu SAA catalyst exhibits outstanding activity, outperforming pure Pt. Detailed DFT calculations confirm that Ru<sub>1</sub>Cu(111) not only exhibits superior performance in methane dehydrogenation, but also exceptional activity in the dehydrogenation of propane, ethane, and isobutane. Moreover, microkinetic simulations further confirm the high selectivity of the Ru<sub>1</sub>Cu(111) surface toward propylene during propane dehydrogenation. Feature engineering analyses reveal the critical roles of dehydrogenation steps and the surface energy of the single-atom metal in influencing C<img>H bond activation. These findings underscore the effectiveness of the DFT–ML framework for catalyst discovery and highlight Ru<sub>1</sub>Cu SAA as a highly active, selective, and stable catalyst with strong resistance to over-dehydrogenation and carbon deposition, making it a highly promising candidate for alkane dehydrogenation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":346,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Catalysis","volume":"448 ","pages":"Article 116213"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143940552","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":"Elucidating the role of solvent in C=C bond hydrogenation of maleic acid at metal-solvent interface by AIMD and DFT simulations","authors":"Aashi D. Parekh , Pallavi Dandekar , Uzma Anjum, Shelaka Gupta","doi":"10.1016/j.jcat.2025.116212","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcat.2025.116212","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div><em>Ab-initio</em> Molecular Dynamics (AIMD) and Density Functional Theory (DFT) simulations were used to understand the solvent effects in C=C bond hydrogenation using maleic acid (MAc) to succinic acid (SAc) as a model reaction on Pd (111) surface. In the presence of explicit water molecules, MAc was observed to dissociate to maleate ion (MA). The presence of hydrogen bonding network in water and charge redistribution from the Pd surface to the water molecules stabilized the reactants and intermediates and resulted in low free energy barriers (31.7 and 44.9 kJ/mol) for the first and second step of C=C bond hydrogenation. Interestingly, the C=C bond of MA in presence of water was reduced by the surface H atom rather than the solution-mediated pathway. The surface H atom, however, could be either obtained by direct H<sub>2</sub> dissociation or via H exchange between adsorbed H and nearby water molecules. The free energy barrier for the H exchange between nearby water molecules and surface adsorbed H atom was calculated to be 43.1 kJ/mol. In the absence of hydrogen bonding network in polar aprotic solvent like 1,4-dioxane and vacuum phase, the activation barriers were estimated to be relatively high. In general, the electronic effect of the solvents followed a linear trend, where FMO gap serves as a good descriptor of the reactivity.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":346,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Catalysis","volume":"448 ","pages":"Article 116212"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143940618","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}
Lei Chen , Chenhuan Wang , Ningzhao Shang , Shutao Gao , Chun Wang
{"title":"Highly dispersed Cu supported on urchin-like TiO2 for efficient hydrodeoxygenation of lignin derivatives","authors":"Lei Chen , Chenhuan Wang , Ningzhao Shang , Shutao Gao , Chun Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.jcat.2025.116216","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcat.2025.116216","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Exploring efficient non-noble metal catalysts for selective HDO (hydrodeoxygenation) of renewable biomass into valuable-added chemicals is greatly advantageous for sustainable development. Herein, urchin-like TiO<sub>2</sub> supported Cu-based catalyst was synthesized by hydrolysis and one pot hydrothermal process. The obtained Cu/TiO<sub>2</sub>-u catalyst exhibited distinguished catalytic properties for HDO of lignin derivatives, which was significantly superior to the catalyst fabricated by impregnation method. Under the optimal conditions (120 °C, 1 MPa H<sub>2</sub>, 3 h), both the vanillin conversion and selectivity towards 2-methoxy-4-methylphenol (MMP) can achieve 99 %. In addition, the catalyst also demonstrated favorable recyclability and stability. The excellent catalytic activity can be attributed to strong metal-support interaction, appropriate acidic sites, plentiful oxygen vacancies. This work offers a feasible avenue for developing effective non-noble metal heterogeneous catalysts for HDO of biomass derivatives.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":346,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Catalysis","volume":"448 ","pages":"Article 116216"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143940619","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}
Xiaogang Wang , Fangfang Fan , Mengmeng Hu , Chengfang Qiao , Baoyue Cao , Xue Gong , Michal Szostak
{"title":"Ruthenium/N–Heterocyclic carbene-decorated covalent organic framework for N–H insertion cascade nucleophilic cyclization","authors":"Xiaogang Wang , Fangfang Fan , Mengmeng Hu , Chengfang Qiao , Baoyue Cao , Xue Gong , Michal Szostak","doi":"10.1016/j.jcat.2025.116211","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcat.2025.116211","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Covalent organic frameworks have emerged as a powerful class of crystalline materials for transition-metal-catalysis and the development of new catalyst architectures on covalent organic frameworks is in high demand. Herein, we report the first example of a heterogenous ruthenium/N-heterocyclic carbene catalyst immobilized on covalent organic frameworks. This versatile Ru–NHC–COF platform enables N–H insertion cascade nucleophilic cyclization reactions, permitting efficient construction of benzoindole derivatives from readily accessible naphthylamines and diazo compounds in a single step. Peripheral functionalization of benzimidazolium N-heterocyclic carbenes enables facile access to Ru–NHC–COF. The catalyst shows broad substrate scope and excellent recyclability, which sets the stage for the synthesis of indole-based pharmaceuticals. Notably, this approach represents the first example of a heterogenous COF catalyst for N–H bond activation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":346,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Catalysis","volume":"448 ","pages":"Article 116211"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143940550","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}