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Manganese Oxide Nanoparticle Synthesis by Thermal Decomposition of ManganeseII Acetylacetonate
Published on: June 18, 2020
Manganese-Mediated Formic Acid Dehydrogenation
Nickolas H Anderson1, James Boncella1, Aaron M Tondreau1
1Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS J514, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 87545, USA.
Abstract:
A robust and rapid manganese formic acid (FA) dehydrogenation catalyst is reported. The manganese is supported by the recently developed, hybrid backbone chelate ligand tBu PNNOP (tBu PNNOP=2,6-(di-tert-butylphosphinito)(di-tert-butylphosphinamine)pyridine) (1) and the catalyst is readily prepared with MnBrCO5 to form [(tBu PNNOP)Mn(CO)2 ][Br] (2). Dehydrohalogenation of 2 generated the neutral five coordinate complex (tBu PNNOP)Mn(CO)2 (3). Dehydrogenation of FA by 2 and 3 was found to be highly efficient, exhibiting turnover frequencies (TOFs) exceeding 8500 h-1 , rivaling many noble metal systems. The parent chelate, tBu PONOP (tBu PONOP=2,6-bis(di-tert-butylphosphinito)pyridine) or tBu PNNNP (tBu PNNNP=2,6-bis (di-tert-butylphosphinamine)pyridine), coordination complexes of Mn were synthesized, respectively affording [(tBu PONOP)Mn(CO)2 ][Br] (4) and [(tBu PNNNP)Mn(CO)2 ][Br] (5). FA dehydrogenation with the hybrid-ligand supported 2 exhibits superior catalysis to 4 and 5.
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