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Huizhi Li1, Qian Li1, Shuoshuo Guo1
1Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.
Abstract:
Ineffective control of alkene adsorption on a palladium membrane (PM) and the flux of active hydrogen (H*) diffusing from the aqueous side to the organic side through the PM cause low selectivity and Faradaic efficiency (FE) of alkynes to alkenes in a PM reactor. Here, a PM with a phenylthiolate-modified palladium sulfide thin layer coupled with pulsed electrolysis is reported to enable alkyne-to-alkene electrosynthesis with up to 98% selectivity and 80% FE. Electrochemical in situ Raman spectra reveal weak alkene adsorption and specific σ-alkynyl adsorption rather than flat adsorption of alkynes on the modified PM, accounting for the high alkene selectivity and functional group tolerance. Pulsed electrolysis causes reduced H* generation and restricted H* diffusion to the organic side, which better balances the generation and utilization of H*, suppresses H2 evolution, and improves the FE. The high alkene selectivity and FE in a wide potential and current range, over 50 examples of (deuterated) alkenes with functional group tolerance and deuterated drug applications (d2-naftifine, d2-cinarizine, d2-bucinnazine, d2-artemisinin derivative, and d2-estradiol derivative), and scalable electrosynthesis of deuterated styrene for deuterated polystyrene with improved thermal stability demonstrate potential utility.
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