Room temperature hydroamination of alkynes catalyzed by gold clusters in interfacially cross-linked reverse micelles

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/cs401213c

The microenvironment around a catalyst could have profound influence on catalysis. Gold clusters encapsulated within interfacially cross-linked reverse micelles catalyzed hydroamination of alkynes at room temperature instead of at 100 C commonly required for gold nanoparticles. Different metal oxides introduced into the micelle core by sol-gel chemistry interacted with the gold clusters and modulated their catalysis, with silicon oxide being the most effective cocatalyst.

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Room Temperature Hydroamination of Alkynes Catalyzed by Gold
Clusters in Interfacially Cross-Linked Reverse Micelles
Li-Chen Lee and Yan Zhao*
Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011-3111, United States
S
* Supporting Information
ABSTRACT: The microenvironment around a catalyst could
have profound influence on catalysis. Gold clusters encapsulated
within interfacially cross-linked reverse micelles catalyzed
hydroamination of alkynes at room temperature instead of at
100 °C commonly required for gold nanoparticles. Different
metal oxides introduced into the micelle core by sol−gel
chemistry interacted with the gold clusters and modulated their
catalysis, with silicon oxide being the most effective cocatalyst.
KEYWORDS: Au cluster, hydroamination, alkyne, sol−gel chemistry, catalysis, reverse micelle
old nanoparticles (AuNPs) can catalyze a wide range of
room temperature. The benefit of Aun@ICRMs (i.e., gold
Greactions, including hydrogenation, oxidation, carbon− clusters encapsulated within ICRMs) is that the ICRM serves as
carbon bond formation, and C−N bond formation.1 In recent
both the template and the support for the catalysts, and the
microenvironment around the catalyst could be tuned through
introducing metal oxide into the ICRM core.
years, gold clusters, consisting of a few to tens of metal atoms,
have attracted much research interest.1,2 In comparison with
their larger AuNP counterparts, metal clusters are characterized
by an even higher surface-to-volume ratio. The abundance of
low-coordinated gold atoms on the surface potentially could
afford exceptional catalytic activity.3
The synthesis and characterization of ICRMs from cross-
linkable surfactants 1 and 2, as well as the template synthesis of
Aun@ICRMs, have been documented in detail previously.8,10a
Briefly, the cross-linkable surfactant was dissolved in a heptane/
chloroform mixture in the presence of a small amount of water
(Scheme 1). The size of the water pool in the middle of the RM
was determined by the water/surfactant ratio (i.e., W0).
UV irradiation in the presence of dithiothreitol (DTT, a
hydrophilic cross-linker) and 2,2′-dimethoxy-2-phenylaceto-
phenone (a photoinitiator) for 10−15 min was generally
sufficient to cross-link the core of the RM to afford the ICRM.
When a solution of the ICRM in chloroform was stirred with an
aqueous solution of HAuCl4, the aurate ions exchanged with
the bromide in the ICRM core and underwent a two-step
elimination−disproportionation reaction (eqs 1 and 2) to
afford gold clusters, with the overall reaction shown in eq 3.10a
The size of the gold clusters (Au4 to Au23) was mainly
controlled by W0 and the aurate loading (aurate/surfactant
ratio) in the template synthesis. The gold clusters stayed inside
the ICRM core probably because the overall Aun−bromide
complex was anionic and needed to stay inside the ICRM to
help the ammonium-lined ICRM core to maintain charge
neutrality. At high aurate loading (>50%), not all aurate was
reduced to Au(0), according to our previous study.10a
An important reaction catalyzed by gold catalysts is
hydroamination of alkyne, an atom-economical reaction to a
wide range of fine chemicals.4 Although the intramolecular
reaction occurs rather readily, intermolecular hydroamination is
quite challenging. The latter could be catalyzed by homoge-
neous Au(I) or Au(III) complexes in the presence of acid
promoters and special ligands.5 The acid promoters were
reported to be replaced by acidic sites when Au(III) complexes
were supported on Sn-containing MCM-41; the same report
indicated that colloidal gold displayed no catalytic activity
under similar conditions.5e When deposited on a chitosan−
silica support, AuNPs could catalyze intermolecular hydro-
amination of alkynes, although rather harsh conditions (100 °C
for 22 h) were required.6 Very recently, AuNPs supported on
TiO2 were found to catalyze similar hydroamination at mild
temperatures (40 °C) under visible light irradiation.7
We recently reported a simple method to capture reverse
micelles (RMs) by covalent fixation.8 Unlike dynamic RMs that
constantly exchange surfactants and internal contents with one
another, the interfacially cross-linked RMs (ICRMs) are stable
core−shell organic nanoparticles with tunable properties. The
size of their hydrophilic core,8 the alkyl density on the
surface,8,9 and internal contents8,10 can be changed systemati-
cally either during the synthesis or through postmodification.
Herein, we report that gold clusters encapsulated within
ICRMs are efficient catalysts for hydroamination of alkynes at
−
−
AuX4 ⇆ AuX2 + X2
(1)
Received: December 19, 2013
Revised: January 21, 2014
Published: January 22, 2014
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varied the amount of aurate loading in the template synthesis
and W0 for the ICRMs.
Scheme 1. Preparation of Aun@ICRM
The most surprising result was the drastically different
performance of Aun@ICRM(1) and Aun@ICRM(2). Regard-
less of the gold loading in template synthesis, Aun@ICRM(1)
was completely inactive (Table 1, entries 1−2). In contrast,
Aun@ICRM(2) displayed progressively higher activity with
increasing gold loading in the core (entries 3−5). In addition to
the alkyl density of the ICRM, the water/surfactant ratio was
also critical to the catalysis. The reaction yield decreased at
either W0 = 2 or 20 for Aun@ICRM(2) while the gold loading
in the ICRM core and the overall amount of gold were kept the
same (entries 6−7). Without gold in the core, the ICRM was
completely inactive, as expected (entry 8). Au(III) in the form
−
of AuCl4 was not a good catalyst itself, affording only 20%
yield under the same reaction conditions, and formed gold
black during the reaction (entry 9).
The main difference between ICRM(1) and ICRM(2) was
the alkyl density on the shell. According to our previous study,8
ICRM(1), having a low density of alkyl groups, aggregates
easily in many solvents (chloroform, THF, acetone) through
alkyl interdigitation. ICRM(2), on the other hand, tends to
exist as single nanoparticles. The same study also demonstrated
that the template synthesis of gold clusters afforded similar
results for the two ICRMs.
The enormously different reaction yields in Table 1 indicate
that the catalytic hydroamination was sensitive to ICRM
aggregation or some other differences between the two Aun@
ICRMs. We noticed that gold black was formed in the case of
Aun@ICRM(1) at the end of the reaction. Thus, the gold
clusters encapsulated in the single-tailed ICRMs were not only
inactive but also unstable under the reaction conditions. The
formation of bulk gold suggests that the gold in ICRM(1)
migrated out of the hydrophilic core in the presence of the
reactants. Since both Aun@ICRMs are stable indefinitely in the
absence of the reactants,8,10a the gold migration/agglomeration
might have been facilitated by the reactants (alkyne and amine)
that could complex with gold and was understandably easier
when the ICRMs aggregate.
The size of the gold clusters formed in the template synthesis
with ICRMs depends on both the amount of aurate loading and
W0.8,10a,11 Generally, the size of the gold clusters formed could
be determined by the emission wavelengths of the particles.8,12
Our previous work indicates that, for ICRM(1) at W0 = 5, 10%
aurate loading in the template synthesis yielded mostly Au9−10
clusters in the ICRM core, with an emission wavelength of 487
nm.10a For Aun@ICRM(2) with W0 = 5, the aurate/surfactant
ratios (10, 30, and 50%) all afforded a main emission peak at
481 nm, indicative of similar gold clusters (Figures S2,
Supporting Information). (As a reference, Au8 clusters emit
at ∼450 nm.)13 Meanwhile, a minor emission peak at 640 nm
gradually increased with the increase in the gold loading,
corresponding to the formation of Au18 clusters.13 However,
because the increase of W0 from 2 to 5 to 20 progressively
enhanced the 640 nm peak (Figure S3) but Aun@ICRM(2)
with W0 = 5 afforded the highest yield among the three, the
catalytic activity of the gold clusters in the ICRMs was not
simply a function of the cluster size. Other important
parameters must also exist in the system.
−
−
3AuX2 ⇆ AuX4 + 2Au(0) + 2X−
(2)
(3)
−
2AuX4 ⇆ 2Au(0) + 3X2 + 2X−
Our model hydroamination was between 1-octyne and
aniline. To our delight, the alkyl corona of the ICRMs made
Aun@ICRMs freely soluble in the reactants and allowed us to
carry out the reaction under solvent-free conditions. The
reaction was performed at room temperature for 18 h with 1
mol % Au as the catalyst. Similar to what was reported in the
literature,6 because some of the imine product hydrolyzed
under typical reaction conditions, we added water at the end of
the reaction to hydrolyze the product into ketone to facilitate
1
determination of the yield by H NMR spectroscopy (Figure
S1, Supporting Information). In the absence of aniline, 1-
octyne was recovered under the same reaction conditions; thus,
the 2-octanone obtained at the end of the reaction was NOT a
result of simple hydration of alkyne catalyzed by gold.
Table 1 summarizes the reaction yields under different
reaction conditions. We compared Aun@ICRMs prepared with
the single-tailed surfactant 1 and the double-tailed 2. We also
Table 1. Hydroamination of 1-Octyne with Aniline
Catalyzed by Aun@ICRMs
a
b
entry
ICRM
Au loading, %
W0
yield (%)
c
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
ICRM(1)
ICRM(1)
ICRM(2)
ICRM(2)
ICRM(2)
ICRM(2)
ICRM(2)
ICRM(2)
HAuCl4
30
50
10
30
50
50
50
0
5
5
0
c
0
5
0
49
69
60
42
5
5
2
20
5
d
0
c
20
a
Reaction conditions: 0.25 mmol of 1-octyne, 0.25 mmol of aniline,
b
In addition to cluster size, we examined the effects of
different reduction methods in the template synthesis on the
gold-catalyzed hydroamination. Our previous work already
established that Au(III) could undergo the reaction shown in
and 1 mol % of catalyst at room temperature for 18 h. The reaction
c
yield was determined by 1H NMR spectroscopy. Metal black
d
precipitates formed during the reaction. The reaction was carried
out with the ICRMs only, without gold in the core.
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eq 3 when bromide was the counteranion in the ICRM core.10a
It is known that Au(III) undergoes reduction readily under UV
irradiation.14 In our hands, because Aun@ICRM(2) with and
without UV treatment gave identical yields in the hydro-
amination (Table 2, entries 1−2), the gold catalysts should be
soluble in chloroform. In contrast, the same sol−gel synthesis
in the absence of Aun@ICRM(2) yielded precipitate in the
chloroform solution.
Table 3 shows that hydroamination was strongly influenced
by the metal oxide around Aun@ICRM(2). In the absence of
Table 2. Hydroamination of 1-Octyne with Aniline
Catalyzed by Aun@ICRM(2)
Table 3. Hydroamination of 1-Octyne with Aniline
Catalyzed by Aun−MxOy@ICRM(2)
a
a
entry
counteranion
reducing agent
yield (%)
entry
MxOy
yield (%)
1
2
3
4
5
6
Br
Br
Br
Cl
Cl
Cl
none
UV
69
69
6
1
2
3
4
5
6
None
SiO2
83
>95
81
NaBH4
none
UV
SnO2
Al2O3
TiO2
SiO2
9
75
b
12
<5
0
c
NaBH4
0
a
a
Reaction conditions: 0.25 mmol of 1-octyne, 0.25 mmol of aniline,
Reaction conditions: 0.25 mmol of 1-octyne, 0.50 mmol of aniline,
b
and 1 mol % of catalyst at room temperature for 18 h.
and 2 mol % of catalyst at room temperature for 24 h. Metal black
precipitates formed during the reaction. The reaction was carried out
c
with SiO2−ICRM(2) without gold in the core
in the reduced form, Au(0). We were not surprised by the
result because aniline could reduce both Au(I) and Au(III).15
Thus, even if a small amount of oxidized gold was present
before the catalysis, it should be reduced by a large excess of
aniline during the hydroamination.16
Reduction of the ICRM-encapsulated aurate by sodium
borohydride has been shown to produce AuNPs instead of
clusters.8 The AuNPs, with a characteristic brown color from
the surface plasmon absorption,17 gave only 6% yield in the
hydroamination, confirming the higher activity of the cluster-
based catalysts.
In the literature, bromide has been shown to poison the
catalytic properties of, at least, larger AuNPs.18 Much to our
surprise, bromide in the ICRM core turned out critical to the
catalysis. As seen from Table 2 (entries 4−6), with chloride as
the counteranion, Aun@ICRM(2) showed poor activity,
regardless of the reducing conditions. The stability of gold
clusters is affected by both the intrinsic stability of the gold core
and the surface ligands.19 For halides, the binding affinity
follows the order of F− < Cl− < Br− < I−.20 Bromide adsorption
on the gold surface is quite strong and has been used to control
the growth of gold nanomaterials.21 Our results suggest that
bromide adsorption played important roles in the stability/
activity of the gold clusters within ICRM(2).
metal oxide, the hydroamination catalyzed by Aun@ICRM(2)
gave 83% yield (with 2 mol % gold to substrate). SiO2 was
clearly the best cocatalyst, affording quantitative yield under the
same conditions, possibly as a result of the acidity of the silica
surface. A control experiment, with a physical mixture of Aun@
ICRM(2) and SiO2@ICRM(2), showed no improvement in
the reaction yield (data not shown). SiO2@ICRM(2) itself
showed no activity (entry 6). Our study also showed that SnO2
had little impact, and Al2O3 lowered the yield slightly. The
most unusual result was TiO2. In heterogeneous catalysis, TiO2
is known to interact with AuNPs strongly to help the latter’s
deposition and stability.25 In our hands, the small amount of
TiO2 completely shut down the catalysis. In addition, gold
black was observed to form under the reaction conditions,
indicating the instability of the gold clusters in the presence of
TiO2.26 Our Aun−SiO2@ICRM(2) generally worked well for
terminal alkynes and different substituted anilines (Table 4), all
at room temperature and without any special ligands. Aliphatic
amines did not show any reactivity (data not shown), possibly
because of their stronger basicity and complexation with gold.5
In summary, gold clusters encapsulated within ICRMs were
found to be efficient catalyst systems for intermolecular
It is well-known that catalytic properties of metal particles on
metal oxide support are strongly affected by the support.22
A
Table 4. Hydroamination of Alkynes Catalyzed by Aun−
a
SiO2@ICRM(2)
unique feature of Aun@ICRMs is the location of the gold
clusters in the hydrophilic core of the cross-linked reverse
micelles. Because reverse micelles are frequently used as
templates to prepare inorganic nanoparticles,23 we could easily
incorporate metal oxides in the ICRM core to fine-tune the
catalysis.
entry
R
R′
yield (%)
1
2
3
4
5
6
n-C6H13
n-C10H21
Ph
Ph
Ph
Ph
>95
94
To introduce metal oxide into the ICRM core, we first added
5 equiv of water24 relative to the surfactant to a chloroform
solution of Aun@ICRM(2). A chloroform-soluble, hydrolyzable
metal oxide precursore.g., Si(OMe)4 for SiO2, SnCl4 for
SnO2, (s-BuO)3Al for Al2O3, and Ti(OiPr)4 for TiO2was
then added. Because the sol−gel reaction required water that
was located in the ICRM core, hydrolysis was expected to occur
near/inside the hydrophilic core. In general, hydrolysis was
allowed to proceed for 24 h (48 h for SiO2) at room
temperature and shown to be complete by the released alcohol
86
b
n-C6H13
n-C6H13
n-C6H13
4-Br-Ph
>95
2-Br, 4-CH3−Ph
3-Cl-Ph
>95
>95
a
Reaction conditions: 0.25 mmol of 1-octyne, 0.50 mmol of aniline,
and 2 mol % of catalyst at room temperature for 24 h. The reaction
1
yield was determined by H NMR spectroscopy on the basis of the
b
spectroscopic data of the known ketone end products. Chloroform
1
side product monitored by H NMR spectroscopy. The metal
(0.1 mL) was added to the reaction mixture to dissolve 4-
oxide-modified Aun@ICRM(2) in all cases was completely
bromophenylaniline, which was a solid at room temperature.
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The authors declare no competing financial interest.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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We thank the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic
Energy Sciences (Grant DE-SC0002142) for supporting the
research. We thank Dr. Takeshi Kobayashi and Dr. Marek
Pruski at the Ames Laboratory for acquiring the solid-state 29Si
NMR spectra of Aun−SiO2@ICRM(2).
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