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Influence of Adsorption Geometry in the Heterogeneous Enantioselective Catalytic Hydrogenation of a Prototypical Enone

Beaumont, Simon K.; Kyriakou, Georgios; Watson, David J.; Vaughan, Owain P.H.; Papageorgiou, Anthoula C.; Lambert, Richard M.

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Authors

Georgios Kyriakou

David J. Watson

Owain P.H. Vaughan

Anthoula C. Papageorgiou

Richard M. Lambert



Abstract

Asymmetric catalysis is of paramount importance in organic synthesis and, in current practice, is achieved by means of homogeneous catalysts. The ability to catalyze such reactions heterogeneously would have a major impact both in the research laboratory and in the production of fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals, yet heterogeneous asymmetric hydrogenation of C═C bonds remains hardly explored. Very recently, we demonstrated how chiral ligands that anchor robustly to the surface of Pd nanoparticles promote asymmetric catalytic hydrogenation: ligand rigidity and stereochemistry emerged as key factors. Here, we address a complementary question: how does the enone reactant adsorb on the metal surface, and what implications does this have for the enantiodifferentiating interaction with the surface-tethered chiral modifiers? A reaction model is proposed, which correctly predicts the identity of the enantiomer experimentally observed in excess.

Citation

Beaumont, S. K., Kyriakou, G., Watson, D. J., Vaughan, O. P., Papageorgiou, A. C., & Lambert, R. M. (2010). Influence of Adsorption Geometry in the Heterogeneous Enantioselective Catalytic Hydrogenation of a Prototypical Enone. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 114(35), 15075-15077. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp105960w

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Aug 18, 2010
Deposit Date Mar 8, 2014
Publicly Available Date Apr 15, 2014
Journal Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Print ISSN 1932-7447
Electronic ISSN 1932-7455
Publisher American Chemical Society
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 114
Issue 35
Pages 15075-15077
DOI https://doi.org/10.1021/jp105960w
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1437323

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This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jp105960w.





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