%0 Journal Article
%T Aluminum Hydroxide Secondary Building Units in a Metal每Organic Framework Support Earth-Abundant Metal Catalysts for Broad-Scope Organic Transformations
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%D 2019
%R https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.9b00259
%X The intrinsic heterogeneity of alumina (Al2O3) surface presents a challenge for the development of alumina-supported single-site heterogeneous catalysts and hinders the characterization of catalytic species at the molecular level as well as the elucidation of mechanistic details of the catalytic reactions. Here we report the use of aluminum hydroxide secondary building units (SBUs) in the MIL-53(Al) metal每organic framework (MOF) with the formula Al(米2每OH)(BDC) (BDC = 1,4-benzenedicarboxylate) as a uniform and structurally defined functional mimic of Al2O3 surface for supporting Earth-abundant metal (EAM) catalysts. The 米2每OH groups in MIL-53(Al) SBUs were readily deprotonated and metalated with CoCl2 and FeCl2 to afford MIL-53(Al)-CoCl and MIL-53(Al)-FeCl precatalysts which were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction, nitrogen sorption, elemental analysis, density functional theory, and extended X-ray fine structure spectroscopy. Activation with NaBEt3H converted MIL-53(Al)-CoCl to MIL-53(Al)-CoH which effectively catalyzed hydroboration of alkynes and nitriles and hydrosilylation of esters. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and X-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy (XANES) indicated the presence of AlIII and CoII centers in MIL-53(Al)-CoH while deuterium labeling studies suggested 考-bond metathesis as a key step for the MIL-53(Al)-CoH-catalyzed addition reactions. MIL-53(Al)-FeCl competently catalyzed oxidative Csp3每H amination and Wacker-type alkene oxidation. XANES analysis revealed the oxidation of FeII to FeIII centers in the activated MIL-53(Al)-FeCl catalyst and suggested that oxidative Csp3每H amination occurs via the formation of FeIII每OtBu species by single electron transfer between FeII centers in MIL-53(Al)-FeCl and (tBuO)2 with concomitant generation of 1 equiv of tBuO﹞ radical, C每H activation through hydrogen atom abstraction to generate alkyl radicals, protonation of FeIII每OtBu by aniline to generate MIL-53(Al)-FeIII-anilide, and finally C每N coupling between the FeIII-anilide and alkyl radical to form the Csp3每H amination product and regenerate the FeII catalyst. These highly active single-site MOF-based solid catalysts were readily recovered and reused up to five times without significant decrease in catalytic activity. This work thus demonstrates the great potential of using the aluminum hydroxide SBUs in MOFs to support EAM catalysts for important organic transformations
%U https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acscatal.9b00259