文摘
A series of [Rh(PCH2XRCH2P)2]+ complexes was prepared to investigate second and outer coordination sphere effects on CO2 hydrogenation catalysis, where X is CH2 (dppp) or X鈥揜 is N鈥揅H3, N鈥揅H2COOH (glycine), N鈥揅H2COOCH3 (Gly-OMe), or N鈥揅H2C(O)N鈥揅H(CH3)COOCH3 (GlyAla-OMe). All of these complexes were active for CO2 reduction to formate, with the N鈥揅H3 derivative offering an 8-fold enhancement over the dppp derivative, which is consistent with increased electron density around the metal. Despite the increase in rate with the addition of the pendant nitrogen, the addition of electron withdrawing amino acids and dipeptides to the amine resulted in complexes with reductions in rate of 1 to 2 orders of magnitude, most consistent with a change in pKa of the pendant amine, resulting in lower activity. Collectively, the data suggest multiple contributions of the pendant amine in this catalytic system.
Keywords:
CO2 hydrogenation; amino acid catalysts; outer coordination sphere; homogeneous catalysis; in situ NMR
