Issue 32, 2021

Catalytic hydrogenation enabled by ligand-based storage of hydrogen

Abstract

Biology employs exquisite control over proton, electron, H-atom, or H2 transfer. Similar control in synthetic systems has the potential to facilitate efficient and selective catalysis. Here we report a dihydrazonopyrrole Ni complex where an H2 equivalent can be stored on the ligand periphery without metal-based redox changes and can be leveraged for catalytic hydrogenations. Kinetic and computational analysis suggests ligand hydrogenation proceeds by H2 association followed by H–H scission. This complex is an unusual example where a synthetic system can mimic biology's ability to mediate H2 transfer via secondary coordination sphere-based processes.

Graphical abstract: Catalytic hydrogenation enabled by ligand-based storage of hydrogen

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
18 dec 2020
Accepted
08 mar 2021
First published
08 mar 2021

Chem. Commun., 2021,57, 3869-3872

Author version available

Catalytic hydrogenation enabled by ligand-based storage of hydrogen

A. J. McNeece, K. A. Jesse, A. S. Filatov, J. E. Schneider and J. S. Anderson, Chem. Commun., 2021, 57, 3869 DOI: 10.1039/D0CC08236H

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