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Metal-Organic Framework-Confined Single-Site Base-Metal Catalyst for Chemoselective Hydrodeoxygenation of Carbonyls and Alcohols

Journal

INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Volume 60, Issue 12, Pages 9029-9039

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AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c01008

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  1. Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), India [ECR/2017/001931]
  2. CSIR
  3. UGC

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A heterogeneous catalyst based on aluminum metal-organic framework and cobalt(II) hydride was reported for selective and efficient deoxygenation of a wide range of carbonyls and alcohols. The catalyst can be recycled and operates under ambient hydrogen pressure.
Chemoselective deoxygenation of carbonyls and alcohols using hydrogen by heterogeneous base-metal catalysts is crucial for the sustainable production of fine chemicals and biofuels. We report an aluminum metal-organic framework (DUT-5) node support cobalt(II) hydride, which is a highly chemoselective and recyclable heterogeneous catalyst for deoxygenation of a range of aromatic and aliphatic ketones, aldehydes, and primary and secondary alcohols, including biomass-derived substrates under 1 bar H-2. The single-site cobalt catalyst (DUT-5-CoH) was easily prepared by postsynthetic metalation of the secondary building units (SBUs) of DUT-5 with CoCl2 followed by the reaction of NaEt3BH. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and X-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy (XANES) indicated the presence of Co-II and Al-III centers in DUT-5-CoH and DUT-5-Co after catalysis. The coordination environment of the cobalt center of DUT-5-Co before and after catalysis was established by extended X-ray fine structure spectroscopy (EXAFS) and density functional theory. The kinetic and computational data suggest reversible carbonyl coordination to cobalt preceding the turnover-limiting step, which involves 1,2-insertion of the coordinated carbonyl into the cobalt-hydride bond. The unique coordination environment of the cobalt ion ligated by oxo-nodes within the porous framework and the rate independency on the pressure of H-2 allow the deoxygenation reactions chemoselectively under ambient hydrogen pressure.

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