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Imine Metathesis by Silica-Supported Catalysts Using the Methodology of Surface Organometallic Chemistry
Published on: October 18, 2019
Au-based bimetallic nanoparticles for the intramolecular aminoalkene hydroamination
Sanjay K Singh1, Munendra Yadav, Silke Behrens
1Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) Engesserstr. 15, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany.
Abstract:
Bimetallic Au-based nanoparticles (Au-M where M = Pt, Pd, Cu, Ni), synthesized by simultaneous reduction of the Au salt with noble/non-noble metal salts, exhibit a high activity for the aminoalkene (2,2-diphenylpent-4-en-1-amine) hydroamination affording the 5-membered Markovnikov product. Even though the particle size and morphology of Au-M nanoparticles are comparable to the corresponding monometallic Au nanoparticles, Au-M nanoparticles display superior catalytic activity, where the selectivity for the formation of the hydroaminated product depends on the alloying metal component in the bimetallic Au nanoparticle catalyst.
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