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Title: Nickel nanoparticles supported on multi-walled carbon nanotubes for Suzuki cross-coupling reactions in continuous flow
Cross-coupling reactions are typically carried out under batch reaction conditions in which the reactants and catalyst are charged to a vessel that is then heated for a specified period of time followed by removal of the reaction product mixture However, it would be difficult to effectively take advantage of the elevated catalytic activity exhibited by the catalyst under batch reaction conditions given the short reaction times required to affect conversion to product. We have recently prepared nickel nanoparticles supported on multi-walled carbon nanotubes (Ni/MWCNTs) by dry mixing of the corresponding nickel salts and multi-walled carbon nanotubes using a mechanical shaking of the ball-mill. The method allows for bulk production of Ni/M WCNTs nanoparticles with small particle size of 5- 10 nm ideal for application in batch and continuous flow cross-coupling catalysis. As an alternative approach to batch reactions, we successfully evaluated the Ni/MWCNTs system for Suzuki cross-coupling reactions under continuous flow reaction conditions by which the reactants can be fed onto a catalyst bed at a specified feed rate and reaction temperature while the Suzuki product is continuously recovered. This approach has the additional advantage of a significantly greater surface-to-volume ratio which significantly reduces the catalyst contact time. Furthermore, various functionalized aryl halides and phenylboronic acids can be prepared under continuous flow conditions in high conversion %, a feature which allows for industrial and pharmaceutical applications of this method in future.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2101126
PAR ID:
10528537
Author(s) / Creator(s):
Corporate Creator(s):
Editor(s):
NA
Publisher / Repository:
ACS; American Chemical Society (CAS)
Date Published:
ISSN:
AN: 2023:2526212
Subject(s) / Keyword(s):
Cross-coupling reactions Continuous flow metal nanoparticles
Format(s):
Medium: X
Location:
ACS Fall 2023, San Francisco, CA, United States
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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