Cerium-Hydride Secondary Building Units in a Porous Metal-Organic Framework for Catalytic Hydroboration and Hydrophosphination

Pengfei Ji; Takahiro Sawano; Zekai Lin; Ania Urban; Dean Boures; Wenbin Lin

doi:10.1021/jacs.6b10055

Cerium-Hydride Secondary Building Units in a Porous Metal-Organic Framework for Catalytic Hydroboration and Hydrophosphination

J Am Chem Soc. 2016 Nov 16;138(45):14860-14863. doi: 10.1021/jacs.6b10055. Epub 2016 Nov 4.

Authors

Pengfei Ji¹, Takahiro Sawano¹, Zekai Lin¹, Ania Urban¹, Dean Boures¹, Wenbin Lin¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago , 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States.

PMID: 27792322
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b10055

Abstract

We report the stepwise, quantitative transformation of Ce^IV₆(μ₃-O)₄(μ₃-OH)₄(OH)₆(OH₂)₆ nodes in a new Ce-BTC (BTC = trimesic acid) metal-organic framework (MOF) into the first Ce^III₆(μ₃-O)₄(μ₃-OLi)₄(H)₆(THF)₆Li₆ metal-hydride nodes that effectively catalyze hydroboration and hydrophosphination reactions. CeH-BTC displays low steric hindrance and electron density compared to homogeneous organolanthanide catalysts, which likely accounts for the unique 1,4-regioselectivity for the hydroboration of pyridine derivatives. MOF nodes can thus be directly transformed into novel single-site solid catalysts without homogeneous counterparts for sustainable chemical synthesis.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't