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Sultana M, Bhattacharjee I, Bhunya S, Paul A. Uncovering the Synchronous Role of Bis‐borane with Nucleophilic Solvent as Frustrated Lewis pair in Metal‐free Catalytic Dehydrogenation of Ammonia‐borane. Eur J Inorg Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202200311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Munia Sultana
- Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science School of Chemical Sciences INDIA
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- Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science School of Chemical Sciences INDIA
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- Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science School of Chemical Sciences INDIA
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- Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science Raman Centre for Atomic, Molecular and Optical Sciences 2A and 2B, Raja S. C. Mullick RoadJadavpur 700032 Kolkata INDIA
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Bhattacharjee I, Sultana M, Bhunya S, Paul A. The curious saga of dehydrogenation/hydrogenation for chemical hydrogen storage: a mechanistic perspective. Chem Commun (Camb) 2022; 58:1672-1684. [PMID: 35024699 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc06238g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Hydrogen storage is an indispensable component of hydrogen-based fuel economy. Chemical hydrogen storage relies on the development of lightweight compounds which can deliver high weight percentage of H2 at moderate temperatures through dehydrogenation and can be recovered from the dehydrogenated mass by hydrogenation for reuse. In this feature article we primarily discuss the mechanistic underpinnings of the catalytic dehydrogenation of ammonia-borane, a potential candidate for hydrogen storage and the challenges associated with its regeneration from the dehydrogenated mass. Moreover, we highlight the mechanistic intricacies, viability, sustainability and unresolved issues of allied chemical hydrogen storage avenues such as the CH3OH-CO2 cycle.
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- Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, India.
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- Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, India.
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- Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, India.
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Ghosh A, Banerjee S, Debnath T, Das AK. Dehydrogenation of ammonia-borane to functionalize neutral and Li +-encapsulated C 60, C 70 and C 36 fullerene cages: a DFT approach. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:4022-4041. [PMID: 35103266 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp05770g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Mechanistic investigations into the functionalization of three fullerene cages, viz. C60, C70, and C36 through dehydrogenation of ammonia-borane (AB) have been conducted using Density Functional Theory (DFT). In this process of functionalization, different ring fusions, namely (6-6), (6-5) positions for C60 and C70, and an additional (5-5) for C36 fullerene have been investigated. The optimized geometries of all the complexes and transition states have been characterized using the M06-2X functional in conjunction with the 6-31G(d) basis set. The effect of Li+-encapsulation on the energetics and activation barriers of H2 attachment has also been examined. Although the process of functionalization of neutral fullerenes proceeds extensively through concerted pathways, a step-wise route has been observed for the encapsulated systems. NPA charge analysis and Wiberg bond index (WBI) have been used in order to detect the change in the nature of participating hydrogen atoms and validate the variation in the bond order of the C-C connectivity respectively upon hydrogenation. GCRD parameters have also been calculated to explicate the electronic properties of the hydrogenated products. The (6-6) hydrogenation is observed to be favoured thermodynamically and kinetically for both neutral and Li+-encapsulated C60 and C70, while (5-5) is found to be the most preferred site for C36 systems. Our theoretical exploration suggests that the covalent functionalization of the fullerene cages can be done successfully viaAB resulting in the stabilization of these systems. In short, the present work will provide a general idea about the detailed mechanism related to the functionalization of fullerene cages, which will further motivate researchers in fullerene chemistry.
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- Avik Ghosh
- School of Mathematical & Computational Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata-700032, India.
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- School of Mathematical & Computational Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata-700032, India.
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- School of Mathematical & Computational Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata-700032, India.
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- School of Mathematical & Computational Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata-700032, India.
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Ríos P, Rodríguez A, Conejero S. Activation of Si–H and B–H bonds by Lewis acidic transition metals and p-block elements: same, but different. Chem Sci 2022; 13:7392-7418. [PMID: 35872827 PMCID: PMC9241980 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc02324e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2022] [Accepted: 05/18/2022] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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In this Perspective we discuss the ability of transition metal complexes to activate and cleave the Si–H and B–H bonds of hydrosilanes and hydroboranes (tri- and tetra-coordinated) in an electrophilic manner, avoiding the need for the metal centre to undergo two-electron processes (oxidative addition/reductive elimination). A formal polarization of E–H bonds (E = Si, B) upon their coordination to the metal centre to form σ-EH complexes (with coordination modes η1 or η2) favors this type of bond activation that can lead to reactivities involving the formation of transient silylium and borenium/boronium cations similar to those proposed in silylation and borylation processes catalysed by boron and aluminium Lewis acids. We compare the reactivity of transition metal complexes and boron/aluminium Lewis acids through a series of catalytic reactions in which pieces of evidence suggest mechanisms involving electrophilic reaction pathways. In this Perspective we compare the ability of transition metals and p-block Lewis acids to activate electrophilically hydrosilanes and hydroboranes. The mechanistic similarities and dissimilarities in different catalytic transformations are analyzed.![]()
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- Pablo Ríos
- Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (IIQ), Departamento de Química Inorgánica CSIC and Universidad de Sevilla, Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), C/Américo Vespucio 49, 41092, Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (IIQ), Departamento de Química Inorgánica CSIC and Universidad de Sevilla, Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), C/Américo Vespucio 49, 41092, Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (IIQ), Departamento de Química Inorgánica CSIC and Universidad de Sevilla, Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), C/Américo Vespucio 49, 41092, Sevilla, Spain
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Bhattacharjee I, Bhunya S, Paul A. Frustrated Lewis Acid–Base-Pair-Catalyzed Amine-Borane Dehydrogenation. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:1046-1056. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b02561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Ishita Bhattacharjee
- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata 700 032, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata 700 032, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata 700 032, India
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Bennett CK, Bhagat MN, Zhu Y, Yu Y, Raghuraman A, Belowich ME, Nguyen ST, Notestein JM, Broadbelt LJ. Strong Influence of the Nucleophile on the Rate and Selectivity of 1,2-Epoxyoctane Ring Opening Catalyzed by Tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane, B(C6F5)3. ACS Catal 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.9b02607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Materials Science Institute, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510275, P. R. China
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- The Dow Chemical Company, Lake Jackson, Texas 77566, United States
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- The Dow Chemical Company, Lake Jackson, Texas 77566, United States
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Boom DHA, Jupp AR, Slootweg JC. Dehydrogenation of Amine-Boranes Using p-Block Compounds. Chemistry 2019; 25:9133-9152. [PMID: 30964220 PMCID: PMC6771515 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201900679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2019] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Amine-boranes have gained a lot of attention due to their potential as hydrogen storage materials and their capacity to act as precursors for transfer hydrogenation. Therefore, a lot of effort has gone into the development of suitable transition- and main-group metal catalysts for the dehydrogenation of amine-boranes. During the past decade, new systems started to emerge solely based on p-block elements that promote the dehydrogenation of amine-boranes through hydrogen-transfer reactions, polymerization initiation, and main-group catalysis. In this review, we highlight the development of these p-block based systems for stoichiometric and catalytic amine-borane dehydrogenation and discuss the underlying mechanisms.
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- Devin H. A. Boom
- Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular SciencesUniversity of AmsterdamScience Park 9041090 GDAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular SciencesUniversity of AmsterdamScience Park 9041090 GDAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular SciencesUniversity of AmsterdamScience Park 9041090 GDAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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Cui CX, Xu D, Ding BW, Qu LB, Zhang YP, Lan Y. Benchmark study of popular density functionals for calculating binding energies of three-center two-electron bonds. J Comput Chem 2019; 40:657-670. [PMID: 30565268 DOI: 10.1002/jcc.25752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2018] [Revised: 10/19/2018] [Accepted: 10/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Density functional theory (DFT) can be used to study the three-center two-electron (3c2e) bonding mode, which is universal in catalysts containing alkaline-earth (Ae) and boron-group (Bg) elements. However, because of the delocalization pattern of the 3c2e bond, the wavefunction cannot be accurately described by DFT methods. The calculated energies of Ae and Bg catalysts therefore fluctuate greatly when different functionals are used, largely because of inconsistent DFT-calculated binding energies of 3c2e bonds. Nevertheless, with the development of supercomputers and theoretical calculation software, the DFT method is becoming increasingly popular for studying Ae and Bg catalysts. In this study, we compared the performances of 21 functionals with the high-level composite G3B3 method in calculations for the binding energies of 3c2e bonds. Several frequently used post-Hartree-Fock methods were also tested. The calculation results indicate that the M06-2X, MN12-L, and MN15 functionals give consistent and reliable binding energies for common 3c2e bonds. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Cheng-Xing Cui
- Postdoctoral Station of Food Science and Engineering, College of Food Science and Engineering, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 450001, People's Republic of China.,Postdoctoral Research Base, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang 453003, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400030, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
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- Postdoctoral Station of Food Science and Engineering, College of Food Science and Engineering, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 450001, People's Republic of China.,College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, People's Republic of China
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- Postdoctoral Research Base, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang 453003, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400030, People's Republic of China.,College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, People's Republic of China
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Ma G, Song G, Li ZH. Designing Metal-Free Frustrated Lewis Pairs Catalyst for the Efficient Dehydrogenation of Ammonia Borane. Chemistry 2018; 24:13238-13245. [PMID: 29938854 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201801932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2018] [Revised: 06/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Ammonia borane (AB) has been in the spotlight for the chemical storage of hydrogen over the past decade. However, the development of methods for efficient and controlled hydrogen release from AB under mild conditions is still underway. Herein, using density functional theory (DFT) computations, we designed a metal-free frustrated Lewis pair (FLP) catalyst o-(BPh2 )C6 H4 (NiPr2 ) (M1) that can efficiently dehydrogenate AB to release more than two equivalents of H2 under mild conditions. Catalyst M1 can dehydrogenate not only AB to H2 N=BH2 (AOB) and H2 , but also oligomers of AOB with rather low free-energy barriers. The high dehydrogenation activity of M1 is the key of new oligomerization routes to the efficient dehydrogenation of AB to borazine (BZ) or H2 B-(NH=BH)n -NH2 (PIB) and finally to polyborazylene (PBZ) so that more than two equivalents of H2 can be released. A first-principle kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) study reveals that the activity of our catalytic system can be tuned by varying the initial concentration of M1 and AB. This work can guide the design of catalyst for the highly efficient utilization of AB as a hydrogen storage material.
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- Gongli Ma
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Material, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, 200438, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Material, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, 200438, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Material, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, 200438, Shanghai, P.R. China
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Saptal VB, Juneja G, Bhanage BM. B(C6F5)3: a robust catalyst for the activation of CO2 and dimethylamine borane for the N-formylation reactions. NEW J CHEM 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c8nj02816h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In this work, B(C6F5)3 is utilized as an organocatalyst for the transition-metal-free N-formylation of amines using carbon dioxide (CO2) as a C1 source and dimethylamine borane (Me2NH·BH3) as a green hydrogen transfer source at 80 °C.
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- Vitthal B. Saptal
- Department of Chemistry
- Institute of Chemical Technology (Autonomous)
- Matunga
- Mumbai
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Institute of Chemical Technology (Autonomous)
- Matunga
- Mumbai
- India
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Zhu J, Zins EL, Alikhani ME. Toward a quantitative evaluation of the strength of Cp2M···η
2–borate interactions. Theor Chem Acc 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s00214-017-2164-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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