Deciphering Reaction Network for the Switchable Production of Tetrahydroquinoline or Quinoline with MOF-Supported Pd Tandem Catalysts
Deciphering Reaction Network for the Switchable Production of Tetrahydroquinoline or Quinoline with MOF-Supported Pd Tandem Catalysts
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破译 MOF 负载 Pd 串联催化剂可切换生产四氢喹啉或喹啉的反应网络
DOI:
10.1021/acscatal.0c00899
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发表时间:
2020
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影响因子:
12.9
通讯作者:
Wenyu Huang
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作者:
Long Qi;Jingwen Chen;Biying Zhang;Renfeng Nie;Zhiyuan Qi;Takeshi Kobayashi;Zongbi Bao;Qiwei Yang;Qilong Ren;Qi Sun;Zhiguo Zhang;Wenyu Huang
A mechanistic study of heterogeneous tandem catalytic systems is crucial for understanding and improving catalyst activity and selectivity but remains challenging. Here, we demonstrate that a thorough mechanistic study of a multistep reaction can guide us to the controllable selective synthesis of phenyltetrahydroquinoline or phenylquinoline with easily accessible precursors. The one-pot production can be achieved, catalyzed by a well-defined, bifunctional metal–organic framework-supported Pd nanoparticles, with only water as the side product. Our mechanistic study identifies six transient intermediates and ten transformation steps from the operando magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance study under 27.6 bar H2. In particular, reactive intermediate 2-phenyl-3,4-dihydroquinoline cannot be observed with conventional chromatographic techniques but is found to reach the maximal concentration of 0.11 mol L–1under theoperandocondition. The most probable reaction network is further deduced based on the kinetic information of reaction species, obtained from bothoperandoandex situreaction studies. This deep understanding of the complex reaction network enables the kinetic control of the conversions of key intermediate, 2-phenyl-3,4-dihydroquinoline, with the addition of a homogeneous co-catalyst, allowing the selective production of tetrahydroquinoline or quinoline on demand. The demonstrated methods in this work open up new avenues toward efficient modulation of reactions with a complex network to achieve desired selectivities.