Cuδ+ Site-Enhanced Adsorption and Crown Ether-Reconfigured Interfacial D2O Promote Electrocatalytic Dehalogenative
Meng He1, Haotian Wang2, Chuanqi Cheng1
1Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.
Abstract:
Electrocatalytic dehalogenative deuteration is a sustainable method for precise deuteration, whereas its Faradaic efficiency (FE) is limited by a high overpotential and severe D2 evolution reaction (DER). Here, Cuδ+ site-adjusted adsorption and crown ether-reconfigured interfacial D2O are reported to cooperatively increase the FE of dehalogenative deuteration up to 84% at -100 mA cm-2. Cuδ+ sites strengthen the adsorption of aryl iodides, promoting interfacial mass transfer and thus accelerating the kinetics toward dehalogenative deuteration. The crown ethers disrupt the hydration effect of K·D2O and reconstruct the hydrogen bond with the interfacial D2O, lowering the content K·D2O of the electric double layer and hindering the interaction between D2O and the cathode, thus inhibiting the kinetics of the competitive DER. A linear relationship between the matched sizes of crown ethers and alkali metal cations is demonstrated for universally increasing FEs. This method is also suitable for the deuteration of various halides with high easily reducible functional group compatibility and improved FEs at -100 mA cm-2.
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