3653-05-2Relevant articles and documents
Cu-catalyzed controllable C-H mono-/di-/triarylations of imidazolium salts for ionic functional materials
Li, Shiqing,Tang, Junbin,Zhao, Yinsong,Jiang, Ruyong,Wang, Tianbao,Gao, Ge,You, Jingsong
, p. 3489 - 3492 (2017)
Herein the Cu-catalyzed direct C-H mono-, di- and triarylations of imidazolium salts with aryl iodides/bromides are accomplished for the first time. The unprecedented alkenylation and alkynylation are also realized using alkenyl and alkynyl iodides, respectively. Moreover, triarylated imidazolium salts with different substituents can be accessed in a modular and one-pot manner. This protocol provides an efficient tool for the assembly of diverse imidazolium-based ionic functional materials. As applicable examples, an electrochromic bisbenzimidazolium salt 7 and a photochromic triarylimidazolium salt 8 are easily obtained.
Host–Guest Interactions in a Metal–Organic Framework Isoreticular Series for Molecular Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction
Casini, Angela,Fischer, Roland A.,Haimerl, Johanna,Rieger, Bernhard,Schuster, Michael,Shustova, Natalia B.,Stanley, Philip M.,Thomas, Christopher,Urstoeger, Alexander,Warnan, Julien
, p. 17854 - 17860 (2021/06/11)
A strategy to improve homogeneous molecular catalyst stability, efficiency, and selectivity is the immobilization on supporting surfaces or within host matrices. Herein, we examine the co-immobilization of a CO2 reduction catalyst [ReBr(CO)3(4,4′-dcbpy)] and a photosensitizer [Ru(bpy)2(5,5′-dcbpy)]Cl2 using the isoreticular series of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) UiO-66, -67, and -68. Specific host pore size choice enables distinct catalyst and photosensitizer spatial location—either at the outer MOF particle surface or inside the MOF cavities—affecting catalyst stability, electronic communication between reaction center and photosensitizer, and consequently the apparent catalytic rates. These results allow for a rational understanding of an optimized supramolecular layout of catalyst, photosensitizer, and host matrix.
Addressing Reversibility of R-NHC Coupling on Palladium: Is Nano-to-Molecular Transition Possible for the Pd/NHC System?
Denisova, Ekaterina A.,Eremin, Dmitry B.,Gordeev, Evgeniy G.,Tsedilin, Andrey M.,Ananikov, Valentine P.
, p. 12218 - 12227 (2019/09/30)
It has recently been shown that palladium-catalyzed reactions with N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands involve R-NHC coupling accompanied by transformation of the molecular catalytic system into the nanoscale catalytic system. An important question appeared in this regard is whether such a change in the catalytic system is irreversible. More specifically, is the reverse nano-to-molecular transformation possible? In view of the paramount significance of this question to the area of catalyst design, we studied the capability of 2-substituted azolium salts to undergo the breakage of C-C bond and exchange substituents on the carbene carbon with corresponding aryl halides in the presence of Pd nanoparticles. The study provides important experimental evidence of possibility of the reversible R-NHC coupling. The observed behavior indicates that the nanosized metal species are capable of reverse transition to molecular species. Such an option, known for phosphine ligands, was previously unexplored for NHC ligands. The present study for the first time demonstrates bidirectional dynamic transitions between the molecular and nanostructured states in Pd/NHC systems. As a unique feature, surprisingly small activation barriers (18 kcal/mol) and noticeable thermodynamic driving force (-5 to -7 kcal/mol) were calculated for C-C bond oxidative addition to Pd(0) centers in the studied system. The first example of NHC-mediated Pd leaching from metal nanoparticles to solution was observed and formation of Pd/NHC complex in solution was detected by ESI-MS.
