期刊
ACS CATALYSIS
卷 10, 期 6, 页码 3904-3910出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c00282
关键词
photocatalysis; hydrogen evolution; acceptor-free dehydrogenation; Ni clusters; two-dimensional materials
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21871206, 21422104, 21972100]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2018M630269, 2019T120182]
Imines are important precursors for pharmaceutical, agricultural, and synthetic chemistry. The state-of-art synthesis of imines via condensation of amines with aldehydes or ketones often uses homogeneous catalysts and dehydrating agents to promote the elimination of water, which requires huge manpower input for the late-stage purification process and is usually environmentally unfriendly. Photocatalytic synthesis of imines from amines oxidation via the release of hydrogen (H-2) is of great promise due to the mild reaction characteristics; however, the efficiency of such a reaction lags due to the missing designed photocatalyst owing to the ambiguous reaction mechanism. Here, we demonstrate that by constructing in situ photoimmobilized Ni clusters on the CdS photocatalyst, the generation of imines is dramatically improved with the rapid release of molecular H-2 under visible light illumination. Mechanistic investigation reveals that the adsorption of photogenerated hydrogen atoms during the dehydrogenation of amines is significantly weakened on Ni clusters, thus resulting in fast C-N coupling kinetics for the generation of imines. The photocatalyst presents stable performance with high efficiency. A remarkably apparent quantum efficiency (AQE) of similar to 44% is realized under 420 nm irradiation for the conversion of 4-methoxybenzylamine within six consecutive runs. Furthermore, a series of primary and secondary amines bearing different functional groups (i.e., heterocyclic, aliphatic, N-heterocycles) that are synthetically challenging by the condensation process can be selectively converted to the corresponding imines, featuring its application prospect.
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