Influence of Adsorption Geometry in the Heterogeneous Enantioselective Catalytic Hydrogenation of a Prototypical Enone
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- 作者：Simon K. Beaumont ; Georgios Kyriakou ; David J. Watson ; Owain P. H. Vaughan ; Anthoula C. Papageorgiou ; Richard M. Lambert
- 刊名：Journal of Physical Chemistry C
- 出版年：2010
- 出版时间：September 9, 2010
- 年：2010
- 卷：114
- 期：35
- 页码：15075-15077
- 全文大小：142K
- 年卷期：v.114,no.35(September 9, 2010)
- ISSN：1932-7455
文摘
Asymmetric catalysis is of paramount importance in organic synthesis and, in current practice, is achieved by means of homogeneous catalysts. The ability to catalyze such reactions heterogeneously would have a major impact both in the research laboratory and in the production of fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals, yet heterogeneous asymmetric hydrogenation of C═C bonds remains hardly explored. Very recently, we demonstrated how chiral ligands that anchor robustly to the surface of Pd nanoparticles promote asymmetric catalytic hydrogenation: ligand rigidity and stereochemistry emerged as key factors. Here, we address a complementary question: how does the enone reactant adsorb on the metal surface, and what implications does this have for the enantiodifferentiating interaction with the surface-tethered chiral modifiers? A reaction model is proposed, which correctly predicts the identity of the enantiomer experimentally observed in excess.