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Heterogeneous Catalytic Transfer Partial-Hydrogenation with Formic Acid as Hydrogen Source Over the Schiff-Base Modified Gold Nano-Catalyst

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The catalytic hydrogenation transformation with gaseous hydrogen in liquid phase always refers to a harsh condition and over-hydrogenation, and it is highly desired to develop new methods with partial-hydrogenation at mild condition. Herein, a heterogeneous catalytic transfer partial-hydrogenation strategy with formic acid as hydrogen source was developed over the Schiff-base modified gold nano-catalysts. The Au/Schiff-SiO2 catalyst was successfully prepared by one pot aldimine condensation and NaBH4 reduction of a gold precursor. The characterization results indicated that the gold nanoparticles with an average size below 2 nm were highly dispersed over the Schiff-base modified silica support. Such Schiff-based gold nano-catalysts exhibits excellent activity and partial-hydrogenation selectivity, with a high yield (>99%) for phenylacetylene partial-hydrogenation and achieving a 75% chemoselectivity for imines at a relative low temperature and atmospheric pressure. More importantly, the excess of formic acid can be removed by the direct dissociation of formic acid over Au/Schiff-SiO2 catalyst with CO2 emission into atmosphere, which leads to a hydrogen source as clean as hydrogen gaseous, but with a much more high activity and selectivity under mild reaction process.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21676045, 21176037, 21373037, 51273030 and 21403026), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (DUT15LK29 and DUT16RC(4)03).

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    Xinkui Wang, Zhen Qiu, Qinggang Liu, Xiao Chen, Shengyang Tao, Chuan Shi & Changhai Liang

  2. Institute of Materials, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, 621907, China

    Min Pang

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Wang, X., Qiu, Z., Liu, Q. et al. Heterogeneous Catalytic Transfer Partial-Hydrogenation with Formic Acid as Hydrogen Source Over the Schiff-Base Modified Gold Nano-Catalyst. Catal Lett 147, 517–524 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-016-1929-9

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