Metal-Organic Framework Nodes Support Single-Site Nickel(II) Hydride Catalysts for the Hydrogenolysis of Aryl Ethers
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We report here a novel Ti 3 –BPDC metal–organic framework (MOF) constructed from biphenyl-4,4'-dicarboxylate (BPDC) linkers and Ti 3 (OH) 2 secondary building units (SBUs) with permanent porosity and large 1D channels. Ti–OH groups from neighboring SBUs point toward each other with an O–O distance of 2 Å, and upon deprotonation, act as the first bidentate SBU-based ligands to support Co II -hydride species for effective cascade reduction of N-heteroarenes (such as pyridines and quinolines) via sequential dearomative hydroboration and hydrogenation, affording piperidine and 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline derivatives with excellent activity (turnover number ~ 1980) and chemoselectivity.
Abstract On‐location electrochemical generation of H 2 O 2 is of great current interest. Herein, selective two‐electron reduction of O 2 to H 2 O 2 by a single [Ni II (H 2 O) 6 ] 2+ cation that is dynamically associated with a negatively charged metal–organic layer (MOL) by hydrogen bonding and coulombic interactions is reported. In contrast, Ni II centers covalently immobilized on the MOL reduce O 2 to H 2 O in a four‐ electron process. Oxygen adsorption by [Ni II (H 2 O) 6 ] 2+ followed by two‐electron reduction generates neutral [Ni II (H 2 O) 4 (OH)(OOH)] 0 , which momentarily disconnects from the negatively charged MOL to avoid the injection of additional electrons. Release of H 2 O 2 from [Ni II (H 2 O) 4 (OH)(OOH)] 0 regenerates [Ni II (H 2 O) 6 ] 2+ , which regains affinity to the MOL. Such dynamically associated Ni II single‐metal electrocatalysts ensure high selectivity and represent a new strategy for generating selective catalysts for electrochemical production of important chemicals.