Microwave irradiation for the facile synthesis of transition-metal nanoparticles (NPs) in ionic liquids (ILs) from metal-carbonyl precursors and Ru-, Rh-, and Ir-NP/IL dispersions as biphasic liquid-liquid hydrogenation nanocatalysts for cyclohexene

Christian Vollmer, Engelbert Redel, Khalid Abu-Shandi, Ralf Thomann, Haresh Manyar, Christopher Hardacre, Christoph Janiak*

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    Abstract

    Stable chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, manganese, rhenium, ruthenium, osmium, cobalt, rhodium, and iridium metal nanoparticles (MNPs) have been reproducibly obtained by facile, rapid (3 min), and energysaving 1OW microwave irradiation (MWI) under an argon atmosphere from their metal-carbonyl precursors [Mx(CO)y] in the ionic liquid (IL) 1-butyl-3- methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ([BMIm][BF4]). This MWI synthesis is compared to UV-photolytic (1000 W, 15 min) or conventional thermal decomposition (180-250°C, 6-12 h) of [Mx(CO)y] in ILs. The MWI-obtained nanoparticles have a very small (-1 h-1 and 884 (mol product) (mol Rh)-1 h-1 and give almost quantitative conversion within 2 h at 10 bar H2 and 90°C. Catalyst poisoning experiments with CS2 (0.05 equiv per Ru) suggest a heterogeneous surface catalysis of RuNPs.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)3849-3858
    Number of pages10
    JournalChemistry - A European Journal
    Volume16
    Issue number12
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 22 Mar 2010

    Keywords

    • Heterogeneous catalysis
    • Hydrogenation
    • Ionic liquids
    • Nanoparticles
    • Transition metals

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