Issue 5, 2024

The structure–activity relationship of copper hydride nanoclusters in hydrogenation and reduction reactions

Abstract

Copper hydrides are highly active catalysts in hydrogenation reactions and reduction processes. Three Stryker-type copper hydride nanoclusters (NCs), [(TPP)CuH]6, [(TCP)CuH]6 and [(TOP)CuH]6 (TPP = triphenylphosphine, TCP = tricyclohexylphosphine and TOP = tri-n-octylphosphine), were synthesized in this study. Due to variations in the electron-donating properties of the phosphine ligands, the UV-visible absorption spectra of the three NCs exhibited notable distinctions. The influence of the phosphine ligands on the effectiveness of the NCs as hydride sources in hydrogenation processes, as well as on the applicability as homogeneous catalysts for reduction reactions, was systematically studied. Due to the highest electron-donating properties of the TOP ligand, [(TOP)CuH]6 was found to exhibit superior performance in both hydrogenation reactions and catalytic reduction reactions. Moreover, these hydrophobic NCs worked well as heterogeneous catalysts in the reduction of 4-nitrophenol.

Graphical abstract: The structure–activity relationship of copper hydride nanoclusters in hydrogenation and reduction reactions

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
24 Dec 2023
Accepted
01 Feb 2024
First published
01 Feb 2024
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Nanoscale Adv., 2024,6, 1374-1379

The structure–activity relationship of copper hydride nanoclusters in hydrogenation and reduction reactions

X. Zheng, Y. Liu, W. Ma, Y. Su and Y. Wang, Nanoscale Adv., 2024, 6, 1374 DOI: 10.1039/D3NA01145C

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