Structural analysis of transient reaction intermediate in formic acid dehydrogenation catalysis using two-dimensional IR spectroscopy.
Yufan ZhangXin ChenBin ZhengXunmin GuoYupeng PanHailong ChenHuaifeng LiShixiong MinChao GuanKuo-Wei HuangJunrong ZhengPublished in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2018)
The molecular structure of a catalytically active key intermediate is determined in solution by employing 2D IR spectroscopy measuring vibrational cross-angles. The formate intermediate (2) in the formic acid dehydrogenation reaction catalyzed by a phosphorus-nitrogen PN3P-Ru catalyst is elucidated. Our spectroscopic studies show that the complex features a formate ion directly attached to the Ru center as a ligand, and a proton added to the imine arm of the dearomatized PN3P* ligand. During the catalytic process, the imine arms are not only reversibly protonated and deprotonated, but also interacting with the protic substrate molecules, effectively serving as the local proton buffer to offer remarkable stability with a turnover number (TON) over one million.
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