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Dorchies F, Serva A, Crevel D, De Freitas J, Kostopoulos N, Robert M, Sel O, Salanne M, Grimaud A. Controlling the Hydrophilicity of the Electrochemical Interface to Modulate the Oxygen-Atom Transfer in Electrocatalytic Epoxidation Reactions. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:22734-22746. [PMID: 36468903 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c10764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2022]
Abstract
The electrocatalytic epoxidation of alkenes at heterogeneous catalysts using water as the sole oxygen source is a promising safe route toward the sustainable synthesis of epoxides, which are essential building blocks in organic chemistry. However, the physicochemical parameters governing the oxygen-atom transfer to the alkene and the impact of the electrolyte structure on the epoxidation reaction are yet to be understood. Here, we study the electrocatalytic epoxidation of cyclooctene at the surface of gold in hybrid organic/aqueous mixtures using acetonitrile (ACN) solvent. Gold was selected, as in ACN/water electrolytes gold oxide is formed by reactivity with water at potentials less anodic than the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). This unique property allows us to demonstrate that a sacrificial mechanism is responsible for cyclooctene epoxidation at metallic gold surfaces, proceeding through cyclooctene activation, while epoxidation at gold oxide shares similar reaction intermediates with the OER and proceeds via the activation of water. More importantly, we show that the hydrophilicity of the electrode/electrolyte interface can be tuned by changing the nature of the supporting salt cation, hence affecting the reaction selectivity. At low overpotential, hydrophilic interfaces formed using strong Lewis acid cations are found to favor gold passivation. Instead, hydrophobic interfaces created by the use of large organic cations favor the oxidation of cyclooctene and the formation of epoxide. Our study directly demonstrates how tuning the hydrophilicity of electrochemical interfaces can improve both the yield and selectivity of anodic reactions at the surface of heterogeneous catalysts.
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Affiliation(s)
- Florian Dorchies
- Chimie du Solide et de l'Energie, UMR 8260, Collège de France, 75231Paris Cedex 05, France.,Réseau sur le stockage Electrochimique de l'Energie (RS2E), CNRS FR3459, 80039Amiens Cedex, France
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- Réseau sur le stockage Electrochimique de l'Energie (RS2E), CNRS FR3459, 80039Amiens Cedex, France.,Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Physicochimie des Électrolytes et Nanosystèmes Interfaciaux, PHENIX, F-75005Paris, France
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- Réseau sur le stockage Electrochimique de l'Energie (RS2E), CNRS FR3459, 80039Amiens Cedex, France.,Université Paris-Saclay, Univ Evry, CNRS, LAMBE, 91025Evry-Courcouronnes, France
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- Laboratoire d'Electrochimie Moléculaire, Université de Paris, CNRS, F-75006Paris, France
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- Laboratoire d'Electrochimie Moléculaire, Université de Paris, CNRS, F-75006Paris, France
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- Laboratoire d'Electrochimie Moléculaire, Université de Paris, CNRS, F-75006Paris, France.,Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), 75231Paris, France
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- Chimie du Solide et de l'Energie, UMR 8260, Collège de France, 75231Paris Cedex 05, France.,Réseau sur le stockage Electrochimique de l'Energie (RS2E), CNRS FR3459, 80039Amiens Cedex, France
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- Réseau sur le stockage Electrochimique de l'Energie (RS2E), CNRS FR3459, 80039Amiens Cedex, France.,Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Physicochimie des Électrolytes et Nanosystèmes Interfaciaux, PHENIX, F-75005Paris, France.,Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), 75231Paris, France
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- Chimie du Solide et de l'Energie, UMR 8260, Collège de France, 75231Paris Cedex 05, France.,Réseau sur le stockage Electrochimique de l'Energie (RS2E), CNRS FR3459, 80039Amiens Cedex, France.,Department of Chemistry, Merkert Chemistry Center, Boston College, 2609 Beacon Street, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts02467, United States
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Wu S, Kaur J, Karl TA, Tian X, Barham JP. Synthetische molekulare Photoelektrochemie: neue synthetische Anwendungen, mechanistische Einblicke und Möglichkeiten zur Skalierung. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202107811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Shangze Wu
- Universität Regensburg Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie 93040 Regensburg Deutschland
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- Universität Regensburg Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie 93040 Regensburg Deutschland
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- Universität Regensburg Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie 93040 Regensburg Deutschland
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- Universität Regensburg Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie 93040 Regensburg Deutschland
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- Universität Regensburg Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie 93040 Regensburg Deutschland
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Wu S, Kaur J, Karl TA, Tian X, Barham JP. Synthetic Molecular Photoelectrochemistry: New Frontiers in Synthetic Applications, Mechanistic Insights and Scalability. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 61:e202107811. [PMID: 34478188 PMCID: PMC9303540 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202107811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Abstract
Synthetic photoelectrochemistry (PEC) is receiving increasing attention as a new frontier for the generation and handling of reactive intermediates. PEC permits selective single‐electron transfer (SET) reactions in a much greener way and broadens the redox window of possible transformations. Herein, the most recent contributions are reviewed, demonstrating exciting new opportunities, namely, the combination of PEC with other reactivity paradigms (hydrogen‐atom transfer, radical polar crossover, energy transfer sensitization), scalability up to multigram scale, novel selectivities in SET super‐oxidations/reductions and the importance of precomplexation to temporally enable excited radical ion catalysis.
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- Shangze Wu
- University of Regensburg: Universitat Regensburg, Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie, GERMANY
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- University of Regensburg: Universitat Regensburg, Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie, GERMANY
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- University of Regensburg: Universitat Regensburg, Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie, GERMANY
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- University of Regensburg: Universitat Regensburg, Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie, GERMANY
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- Universitat Regensburg, Fakultat fur Chemie und Pharmazie, Universität Regensburg, Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie, 93040, Regensburg, GERMANY
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