期刊
ACS CATALYSIS
卷 2, 期 6, 页码 964-970出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/cs3000683
关键词
hydrogenation; dimethyl carbonate; methyl formate; formaldehyde; methanol; ruthenium; iron; pincer ligand; homogeneous catalysis; catalytic mechanism; density functional theory
资金
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [840505] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Division Of Chemistry [840505] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
The hydrogenation of dimethyl carbonate to methanol catalyzed by a PNN-ligated ruthenium complex (PNN)Ru(CO)(H) was studied computationally using the density functional theory at the range-separated and dispersion-corrected omega B97X-D functional level in conjunction with an all-electron 6-31++G(d,p) basis set (Stuttgart ECP28MWB basis set for Ru). A direct metal hydride and ligand proton transfer mechanism with three cascade catalytic cycles for the hydrogenation of dimethyl carbonate, methyl formate, and formaldehyde to methanol is proposed. The resting state in the catalytic reaction is the trans dihydride complex trans-(PNN)Ru(H)(2)(CO). Calculation results indicate that the rate-determining step in the whole reaction is the formation of the second methanol molecule through simultaneous breaking of a C-OCH3 bond and transferring a ligand methylene proton to the dissociated CH3O- in the catalytic cycle for hydrogenation of methyl formate. The essential role of the noninnocent PNN pincer ligand is to split H-2 and assist methanol formation through the aromatization and dearomatization of the pyridine ring in the ligand. A new iron pincer complex, trans-(PNN)Fe(H)(2)(CO), is proposed and evaluated as a promising low-cost and high efficiency catalyst for this reaction.
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