An erbium-based bifuctional heterogeneous catalyst: a cooperative route towards C-C bond formation

Molecules. 2014 Jul 15;19(7):10218-29. doi: 10.3390/molecules190710218.

Abstract

Heterogeneous bifuctional catalysts are multifunctional synthetic catalysts enabling efficient organic transformations by exploiting two opposite functionalities without mutual destruction. In this paper we report the first Er(III)-based metallorganic heterogeneous catalyst, synthesized by post-calcination MW-assisted grafting and modification of the natural aminoacid L-cysteine. The natural acid-base distance between sites was maintained to assure the cooperation. The applicability of this new bifunctional heterogeneous catalyst to C-C bond formation and the supposed mechanisms of action are discussed as well.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Carbon / chemistry
  • Catalysis
  • Erbium / chemistry*

Substances

  • Carbon
  • Erbium