Journal
CHEMPHYSCHEM
Volume 9, Issue 11, Pages 1624-1629Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200800246
Keywords
alkyne-alkene mixtures; gold; heterogeneous; catalysis; homogeneous catalysis; selectivity
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- ICREA Funding Source: Custom
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The development of new sustainable chemical processes requires the implementation of ultra-selective reaction processes. The enormous selectivity found for gold-based catalysts when applied in several reactions has opened new frontiers. For instance, the selective activation of alkynes is a common feature for both homogeneous and heterogeneous gold catalysts. Herein, we employ experimental and theoretical methods to assess the similarities and differences in the performance of homogeneous and heterogeneous gold catalysts. Alkynophilicity, the selective activation of alkynes, is found to have a thermodynamic origin in the heterogeneous case and a kinetic one for homogeneous catalysis. Complex enyne rearrangements require the more active homogeneous (single gold) catalyst because it has more electrophilic character than its heterogeneous (nanoparticle) counterpart.
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