Vijay Kumar Mandal, Kumar Gaurav, Sandeep H. Kaulage, Shabana Khan
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Abstract
N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) act as versatile ligand backbones due to their strong σ-donation and π-acceptance properties. However, the encapsulation of NHC–coinage metal complexes in a metal–organic framework (MOF) to utilize them in organic catalysis is rare. In this work, an NHC-coordinated CuBr (NHC = Bn2Im; 1,3-dibenzyl-imidazol-2-ylidene) complex was encapsulated in UiO-67 MOF ((Bn2Im)2CuBr@UiO-67) and further utilized toward the regioselective protoboration of terminal alkynes. (Bn2Im)2CuBr@UiO-67 was found to show superior catalytic performance in aiding the protoboration of terminal alkynes, with a very high turnover frequency (TOF) of 14333.3 h–1, much higher than those of many other reported copper-based heterogeneous catalysts. Our catalyst also retained excellent catalytic efficiency for up to five cycles for the above-mentioned process. The newly synthesized (Bn2Im)2CuBr@UiO-67 and the recovered catalyst post-catalysis were characterized using various analytical techniques, including powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), IR spectroscopy, field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS).
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Inorganic Chemistry publishes fundamental studies in all phases of inorganic chemistry. Coverage includes experimental and theoretical reports on quantitative studies of structure and thermodynamics, kinetics, mechanisms of inorganic reactions, bioinorganic chemistry, and relevant aspects of organometallic chemistry, solid-state phenomena, and chemical bonding theory. Emphasis is placed on the synthesis, structure, thermodynamics, reactivity, spectroscopy, and bonding properties of significant new and known compounds.