Wilkinson-Type Immobilized Catalyst on Diamond Nanoparticles for Alkene Reduction

作者:Queffelec, Clemence*; Schlindwein, Simon H.; Gudat, Dietrich; Silvestre, Virginie; Rodriguez-Zubiri, Mireia; Fayon, Franck; Bujoli, Bruno; Wang, Qi; Boukherroub, Rabah; Szunerits, Sabine*
来源:ChemCatChem, 2017, 9(3): 432-439.
DOI:10.1002/cctc.201601424

摘要

The immobilization of heterogeneous catalysts on solid support materials is an important task of current catalytic and materials science research. We report here the development of a diamond nanoparticles-based Wilkinson's type catalyst for the reduction of olefins to saturated hydrocarbons. The strategy is based on the formation of rhodium(I)-modified nanodiamonds (NDs-Rh) using a surface-immobilized catechol phosphane ligand, to which rhodium metal centers can be coordinated. The resulting material was characterized by solid-state NMR spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, thermogravimetry, and TEM before testing the catalytic efficiency of the catalyst. Excellent hydrogenation efficiency with yields in the range of 85-99% could be obtained with these new NDs-Rh catalysts, which showed in addition good recyclability without loss of activity.