Partial Reduction and Selective Transfer of Hydrogen Chloride on Catalytic Gold Nanoparticles

Judit Oliver-Meseguer; Antonio Doménech-Carbó; Mercedes Boronat; Antonio Leyva-Pérez; Avelino Corma

doi:10.1002/anie.201700282

Partial Reduction and Selective Transfer of Hydrogen Chloride on Catalytic Gold Nanoparticles

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2017 Jun 1;56(23):6435-6439. doi: 10.1002/anie.201700282. Epub 2017 Apr 28.

Authors

Judit Oliver-Meseguer¹, Antonio Doménech-Carbó², Mercedes Boronat¹, Antonio Leyva-Pérez¹, Avelino Corma¹

Affiliations

¹ Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universidad Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avda. de los Naranjos s/n, 46022, València, Spain.
² Departamento de Química Analítica, Universitat de València, Dr. Moliner, 50, 46100 Burjassot, València), Spain.

PMID: 28452171
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201700282

Abstract

HCl in solution accepts electron density from Au NPs and partially reduces at room temperature, as occurs with other simple diatomic molecules, such as O₂ and H₂ . The activation can be run catalytically in the presence of alkynes to give exclusively E-vinyl chlorides, after the regio- and stereoselective transfer of HCl. Based also on this method, vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) can be produced in a milder and greener way than current industrial processes.

Keywords: alkynes; gold; heterogeneous catalysis; hydrochlorination; vinyl chlorides.

Publication types

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