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Enabling Pd Catalytic Selectivity via Engineering Intermetallic Core@Shell Structure

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Mengqi Shen
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Amir Afshar
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Nathan G. Sinai
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Huanqin Guan
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Cooro Harris
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Brenda M. Rubenstein
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Shouheng Sun *
DOI:10.1021/acsnano.3c05193delete
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Abstract

Abstract

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Core@shell nanoparticles (NPs) have been widely explored to enhance catalysis due to the synergistic effects introduced by their nanoscale interface and surface structures. However, creating a catalytically functional core@shell structure is often a synthetic challenge due to the need to control the shell thickness. Here, we report a one-step synthetic approach to core-shell CuPd@Pd NPs with an intermetallic B2-CuPd core and a thin (similar to 0.6 nm) Pd shell. This core@shell structure shows enhanced activity toward selective hydrogenation of Ar-NO2 and allows one-pot tandem hydrogenation of Ar-NO2 to Ar-NH2 and its condensation with Ar-CHO to form Ar-N & boxH;CH-Ar. DFT calculations indicate that the B2-CuPd core promotes the Pd shell binding to Ar-NO2 more strongly than to Ar-CHO, thereby selectively activating Ar-NO2. The chemoselective catalysis demonstrated by B2-CuPd@Pd can be extended to a broader scope of substrates, allowing green chemistry synthesis of a wide range of functional chemicals and materials.
Keywords:
chemoselective hydrogenation
core@shell structure
tandem reactions
green chemistry
rigid-rodpolymer
DFT calculations

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ACS Nano cover
ACS Nano
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16
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Brown University
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