Issue 35, 2013

Dispersed Ru nanoclusters transformed from a grafted trinuclear Ru complex on SiO2 for selective alcohol oxidation

Abstract

Ru nanoclusters (average diameter = 1.3 ± 0.3 nm) were successfully prepared by using a Ru3 cluster Ru3O(CH3COO)6(H2O)3·(CH3COO) grafted on a pyridine-functionalized SiO2 surface. The pyridine moiety dispersed on the SiO2 surface spread the Ru3 cluster, controlling its surface density, and the nanoclusterization of the Ru cluster proceeded on the surface. The structures of the Ru nanoclusters were characterized by means of elemental analysis; thermogravimetric analysis; FT-IR, UV/vis, and solid-state NMR spectroscopy; BET analysis; X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy; X-ray diffraction; transmission electron microscopy; and Ru K-edge X-ray absorption fine structure analysis. It was found that the catalytic activity for the selective oxidation of alcohol to the corresponding aldehyde using O2 highly depended on the dispersion and structures of the Ru particles, and the Ru nanocluster was found to be efficient in the selective oxidation of a variety of alcohols.

Graphical abstract: Dispersed Ru nanoclusters transformed from a grafted trinuclear Ru complex on SiO2 for selective alcohol oxidation

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
02 May 2013
Accepted
14 May 2013
First published
11 Jun 2013

Dalton Trans., 2013,42, 12611-12619

Dispersed Ru nanoclusters transformed from a grafted trinuclear Ru complex on SiO2 for selective alcohol oxidation

S. Muratsugu, M. H. Lim, T. Itoh, W. Thumrongpatanaraks, M. Kondo, S. Masaoka, T. S. Andy Hor and M. Tada, Dalton Trans., 2013, 42, 12611 DOI: 10.1039/C3DT51142A

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