MOF-supported selective ethylene dimerization single-site catalysts through one-pot postsynthetic modification

Jerome Canivet; Sonia Aguado; Yves Schuurman; David Farrusseng

doi:10.1021/ja312120x

MOF-supported selective ethylene dimerization single-site catalysts through one-pot postsynthetic modification

J Am Chem Soc. 2013 Mar 20;135(11):4195-8. doi: 10.1021/ja312120x. Epub 2013 Mar 11.

Authors

Jerome Canivet¹, Sonia Aguado, Yves Schuurman, David Farrusseng

Affiliation

¹ Institut de Recherches sur la Catalyse et l'Environnement de Lyon, Université Lyon 1-CNRS 2, Av. Albert Einstein, F-69626 Villeurbanne, France. jerome.canivet@ircelyon.univ-lyon1.fr

PMID: 23470137
DOI: 10.1021/ja312120x

Abstract

The one-pot postfunctionalization allows anchoring a molecular nickel complex into a mesoporous metal-organic framework (Ni@(Fe)MIL-101). It is generating a very active and reusable catalyst for the liquid-phase ethylene dimerization to selectively form 1-butene. Higher selectivity for 1-butene is found using the Ni@(Fe)MIL-101 catalyst than reported for molecular nickel diimino complexes.