Quasi Pd1Ni single-atom surface alloy catalyst enables hydrogenation of nitriles to secondary amines

Hengwei Wang; Qiquan Luo; Wei Liu; Yue Lin; Qiaoqiao Guan; Xusheng Zheng; Haibin Pan; Junfa Zhu; Zhihu Sun; Shiqiang Wei; Jinlong Yang; Junling Lu

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12993-x

Nature Communications (Nov 2019)

Quasi Pd1Ni single-atom surface alloy catalyst enables hydrogenation of nitriles to secondary amines

Hengwei Wang,
Qiquan Luo,
Wei Liu,
Yue Lin,
Qiaoqiao Guan,
Xusheng Zheng,
Haibin Pan,
Junfa Zhu,
Zhihu Sun,
Shiqiang Wei,
Jinlong Yang,
Junling Lu

Affiliations

Hengwei Wang: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China
Qiquan Luo: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China
Wei Liu: National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China
Yue Lin: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China
Qiaoqiao Guan: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China
Xusheng Zheng: National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China
Haibin Pan: National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China
Junfa Zhu: National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China
Zhihu Sun: National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China
Shiqiang Wei: National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China
Jinlong Yang: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China
Junling Lu: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12993-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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While nitrile hydrogenation may provide an appealing means to obtain secondary amines, poor selectivity plagues heterogeneous catalysts. Here, authors report single-atom palladium on nickel catalysts to afford high yields of secondary amines from a broad range of parent nitriles.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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