A thiourea-functionalized metal-organic macrocycle for the catalysis of Michael additions and prominent size-selective effect
A thiourea-functionalized metal-organic macrocycle for the catalysis of Michael additions and prominent size-selective effect
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硫脲官能化金属有机大环化合物用于催化迈克尔加成并具有显着的尺寸选择性效应
DOI:
10.1039/c6dt04299f
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发表时间:
2017
影响因子:
4
通讯作者:
Duan Chunying
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作者:
Yang Lu;Zhao Liang;Zhou Zhen;He Cheng;Sun Hui;Duan Chunying
A discrete tetranuclear thiourea-based metal–organic macrocycle (MOM) with a large size was constructed by a well-designed organic ligand and nickel(II) ions via self-assembly. Incorporating thiourea groups as hydrogen-bond donors into a metal–organic complex system leads to a new approach for synthesizing functionalized heterogeneous catalysts, as this not only introduces coordination sites serving as chelators, but also overcomes the issues of self-association via intermolecular H-bonding, often occurring in homogeneous systems. The packing structure of this material formed a confined environment suitable for the access of substrate molecules dragged by the strong hydrogen-bond interactions from the thiourea groups, thus achieving a high catalytic performance in Michael additions of nitrostyrenes to nitroalkanes, with remarkable yields and size-selectivity in heterogeneous phase. Moreover, a comparison of the IR spectrum of Ni–SPT with the spectra of dimethyl malonate- and β-nitrostyrene-impregnated Ni–SPT indicated that both substrate molecules, β-nitrostyrene and dimethyl malonate, were able to access the cavity of the trimeric subunit.