Few-layer Black Phosphorous Catalyzes Radical Additions to Alkenes Faster than Low-valence Metals

Tejeda-Serrano M, Lloret V, Markus BG, Simon F, Hauke F, Hirsch A, Domenech-Carbo A, Abellán G, Leyva-Perez A (2020)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2020

Journal

ChemCatChem Wiley-VCH Verlag

DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201902276

Abstract

The substitution of catalytic metals by p-block main elements has a tremendous impact not only in the fundamentals but also in the economic and ecological fingerprint of organic reactions. Here we show that few-layer black phosphorous (FL-BP), a recently discovered and now readily available 2D material, catalyzes different radical additions to alkenes with an initial turnover frequency (TOF0) up to two orders of magnitude higher than representative state-of-the-art metal complex catalysts at room temperature. The corresponding electron-rich BP intercalation compound (BPIC) KP6 shows a nearly twice TOF0 increase with respect to FL-BP. This increase in catalytic activity respect to the neutral counterpart also occurs in other 2D materials (graphene vs. KC8) and metal complex catalysts (Fe-0 vs. Fe2- carbon monoxide complexes). This reactive parallelism opens the door for cross-fertilization between 2D materials and metal catalysts in organic synthesis.

Authors with CRIS profile

Vicente Josep Lloret Segura Zentralinstitut für Neue Materialien und Prozesstechnik Frank Hauke Zentralinstitut für Neue Materialien und Prozesstechnik Andreas Hirsch Lehrstuhl für Organische Chemie II Gonzalo Abellan Saez Lehrstuhl für Organische Chemie II

Involved external institutions

Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) / Budapesti Műszaki és Gazdaságtudományi Egyetem HU Hungary (HU) University of València / Universitat de València ES Spain (ES) Polytechnic University of Valencia / Universidad Politécnica de Valencia ES Spain (ES)

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APA:

Tejeda-Serrano, M., Lloret, V., Markus, B.G., Simon, F., Hauke, F., Hirsch, A.,... Leyva-Perez, A. (2020). Few-layer Black Phosphorous Catalyzes Radical Additions to Alkenes Faster than Low-valence Metals. ChemCatChem. https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201902276

MLA:

Tejeda-Serrano, Maria, et al. "Few-layer Black Phosphorous Catalyzes Radical Additions to Alkenes Faster than Low-valence Metals." ChemCatChem (2020).

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