Rhodium nanoparticles stabilized by PEG-tagged imidazolium salts as recyclable catalysts for the hydrosilylation of internal alkynes and the reduction of nitroarenes

PEGylated imidazolium (bromide and tetrafluoroborate) and tris-imidazolium (bromide) salts containing triazole linkers have been used as stabilizers for the preparation of water-soluble rhodium(0) nanoparticles by reduction of rhodium trichloride with sodium borohydride in water at room temperature....

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Autores: Fernández Freixes, Guillem|||0000-0003-3910-8257, Pleixats, Roser|||0000-0003-2544-732X
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:233929
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/233929
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.3390/catal10101195
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Alkynes
Catalysis
Hydrosilylation
Nitroarenes
Recycling
Reduction
Rhodium nanoparticles
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Sumario:PEGylated imidazolium (bromide and tetrafluoroborate) and tris-imidazolium (bromide) salts containing triazole linkers have been used as stabilizers for the preparation of water-soluble rhodium(0) nanoparticles by reduction of rhodium trichloride with sodium borohydride in water at room temperature. The nanomaterials have been characterized (Transmission Electron Microscopy, Electron Diffraction, X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy, Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectroscopy). They proved to be efficient and recyclable catalysts for the stereoselective hydrosilylation of internal alkynes, in the presence or absence of solvent, and in the reduction of nitroarenes to anilines with ammonia-borane as hydrogen donor in aqueous medium (1:4 tetrahydrofuran/water).