Plasma‐made (Ni0.5Cu0.5)Fe2O4 nanoparticles for alcohol amination under microwave heating
Author(s)
Li, Alain You
Dumaresq, Nicolas
Segalla, Andréanne
Braidy, Nadi
Moores, Audrey
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Amine N‐alkylation is a process involved in the production of a wide range of chemicals. Here we describe the synthesis of well‐defined (Ni0.5Cu0.5)Fe2O4 magnetic nanoparticles by plasma induction, and their successful application to amine N‐alkylation using alcohols as coupling agents through a borrowing hydrogen pathway. Plasma induction allows precise morphology and size control over nanoparticle synthesis, while allowing the one‐pot production of decagram quantities of material. Up to date, such nanoparticles have never been applied for organic reactions. By coupling high‐end characterization techniques with catalytic optimization, we showed that small Cu(0) satellite nanoparticles played an essential role in alcohol oxidation, whereas both Ni and Cu were required for the last step of the reaction. Using elemental mapping, we demonstrated that catalyst deactivation occurred through a leaching/re‐deposition mechanism of Cu and Ni. The reactions were conducted under microwave conditions, which exerted a positive effect on catalytic activity. Finally, the catalyst was active at low metal loadings (2 mol%) even on the gram‐scale, and affording unprecedented TON for this reaction catalyzed by Ni/Cu bimetallic systems (19).
Date Issued
2019-08-21
Date Acceptance
2019-08-01
Citation
ChemCatChem, 2019, 11 (16), pp.3959-3972
ISSN
1867-3880
Publisher
Wiley
Start Page
3959
End Page
3972
Journal / Book Title
ChemCatChem
Volume
11
Issue
16
Copyright Statement
© 2019 Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. This is the accepted version of the following article: A. Y. Li, N. Dumaresq, A. Segalla, N. Braidy, A. Moores, ChemCatChem 2019, 11, 3959, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201900592
Identifier
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/cctc.201900592
Subjects
Organic Chemistry
0302 Inorganic Chemistry
0306 Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural)
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2019-08-02