Resumen de Chiral rh/sio2 catalysts for enantioselective hydrogenation reactions: The role of (s,s)-dipamp as chiral modifier and stabilizer on metallic nanoparticles synthesis
Claudio Mella Schmidt, Diego Mauricio Ávila Chía, Ariel Sánchez, Teresita Marzialetti, Patricio Reyes, Doris Ruiz
Rhodium nanoparticles were successfully stabilized by the (S,S)-1,2-ethanediylbis[(2-ethoxyphenyl)phenylphosphine] ((S,S)-DIPAMP) deposited on SiO2 prepared by a facile reduction and impregnation method. The chiral catalysts obtained were efficient for the enantioselective hydrogenation reactions of prochiral compounds. The catalysts synthesized from [Rh(µ-OMe)(COD)]2 in the presence of different amounts of a ligand used as chiral stabilizer, showed good metal dispersion. As shown by TEM, the metal particle size ranged between 1 and 2 nm using stabilizer and 9.1 nm was achieved without chiral ligand. Other techniques were used to characterize the chiral catalysts such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), electron diffraction, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and N2 adsorption-desorption isotherms. (S,S)-DIPAMP was used as the stabilizer of metal particles to prevent growing and agglomeration, and it also acts as chiral modifier inducing enantioselectivity in the asymmetric hydrogenation of 3,4-hexanodione (HD), ethyl pyruvate (EP), ketopantolactone (KP), and acetophenone (AP). Under specific conditions such as 25 °C, 40 bar of H2 and substrate/Rh=100, 1%Rh-(S,S)-DIPAMP/SiO2 chiral catalysts showed excellent catalytic performance with conversion and enantiomeric excess (ee) levels up to 99% and 54% respectively.
