Nature Communications (Jul 2022)

Photocatalytic dehydrogenative C-C coupling of acetonitrile to succinonitrile

  • Xian Zhou,
  • Xiaofeng Gao,
  • Mingjie Liu,
  • Zirui Gao,
  • Xuetao Qin,
  • Wenhao Xu,
  • Shitong Ye,
  • Wenhua Zhou,
  • Haoan Fan,
  • Jing Li,
  • Shurui Fan,
  • Lei Yang,
  • Jie Fu,
  • Dequan Xiao,
  • Lili Lin,
  • Ding Ma,
  • Siyu Yao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32137-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The coupling of acetonitrile into succinonitrile via a dehydrogenative route is highly attractive in terms of valuable chemical synthesis and green hydrogen energy production. Here, the authors report succinonitrile synthesis with high selectivity and rate via a light driven dehydrogenative coupling reaction of CH3CN over the anatase TiO2 supported Pt catalyst.