title: Discovery of highly selective alkyne semihydrogenation catalysts based on first-row transition-metallated porous organic polymers.
abstract: Five different first-row transition metal precursors (V(III), Cr(III), Mn(II), Co(II), Ni(II)) were successfully incorporated into a catechol porous organic polymer (POP) and characterized using ATR-IR and XAS analysis. The resulting metallated POPs were then evaluated for catalytic alkyne hydrogenation using high-throughput screening techniques. All POPs were unexpectedly found to be active and selective catalysts for alkyne semihydrogenation. Three of the metallated POPs (V, Cr, Mn) are the first of their kind to be active single-site hydrogenation catalysts. These results highlight the advantages of using a POP platform to develop new catalysts which are otherwise difficult to achieve through traditional heterogeneous and homogeneous routes.
authors.affiliation: Chemical Science and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont IL, 60439 (USA).
authors.forename: Kristine K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Tanabe
authors.forename: Magali S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Ferrandon
authors.forename: Nathan A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Siladke
authors.forename: Steven J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kraft
authors.forename: Guanghui
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jens
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Niklas
authors.forename: Oleg G
authors.initials: OG
authors.lastname: Poluektov
authors.forename: Susan J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Lopykinski
authors.forename: Emilio E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Bunel
authors.forename: Theodore R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Krause
authors.forename: Jeffrey T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Adam S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Hock
authors.forename: SonBinh T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Nguyen
keywords: heterogeneous catalysis; high-throughput screening; hydrogenation; polymers; transition metals