Catalytic transesterification reactions of one-dimensional coordination polymers containing paddle-wheel-type units connected by various bridging ligands

In Hong Hwang, Young Dan Jo, Hyun Kim, Kyeong Beom Kim, Kwang Deog Jung, Cheal Kim, Youngmee Kim, Sung Jin Kim

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Abstract

The paddle-wheel dinuclear unit consists of two CuII ions bridged by four benzoate ligands, and these paddle-wheel [Cu2(O 2CPh)4] units are connected by various bridging ligands to form one-dimensional chained compounds formulated as [Cu2(O 2CPh)4(μ-L)] (L = 2,4-bpe (1), 3,3'3′-dipicam (3), 2,5-Me2pyz (4), pyz (5), 4,4'4′-bpy (6), and 4-pds (7)). The compound 2, formulated as [[Cu2(O2CPh) 4][Cu(O2CPh)2](μ-bpp)2], consists of alternating units of [Cu2(O2CPh)4] and [Cu(O2CPh)2] connected by via bpp. Compounds 1-5 and 7 efficiently catalyzed the transesterification of a variety of esters, while it has been reported that Cu-containing complexes or coordination polymers do not usually show catalytic activities for the transesterification reactions. Among these compounds, 2 was most effective. It has been proposed that in the transesterification reaction, a mononuclear type of Cu complex might be the major species of compound 2 in solution, while for all other compounds, a paddle-wheel unit might be the major reactive species.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)39-45
Number of pages7
JournalInorganica Chimica Acta
Volume402
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Financial support from Converging Research Center Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (2012001725, 2011K000675, and 2012008875), Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (20110008018), and the RP-Grant 2013 of Ewha Womans University are gratefully acknowledged.

Keywords

  • Catalyst
  • Coordination polymers
  • Transesterification

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