催化学报 ›› 2026, Vol. 89: 102-126.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(26)65142-X

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路易斯酸对金属活性氧物种氧化性能的调控与催化

廖光健, 吕文博, 王志超, 陈朱琦, 尹国川()   

  1. 华中科技大学化学与化工学院,湖北武汉 430074
  • 收稿日期:2026-03-10 接受日期:2026-04-16 出版日期:2026-10-18 发布日期:2026-09-01
  • 通讯作者: *电子信箱: gyin@hust.edu.cn (尹国川).
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金(22472063)

Modulating the oxidative reactivity of the metal active oxygen moieties by Lewis acid for catalysis

Guangjian Liao, Wenbo Lv, Zhichao Wang, Zhuqi Chen, Guochuan Yin()   

  1. College of Chemistry and Chemical engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China
  • Received:2026-03-10 Accepted:2026-04-16 Online:2026-10-18 Published:2026-09-01
  • Contact: *E-mail:gyin@hust.edu.cn(G. Yin).
  • About author:Dr. Guochuan Yin (School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology) received B.S. degree from Zhejiang University in 1990, and Ph.D. from Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1998. He joined Kyushu University in Japan as a JSPS follow in 1999, worked as a postdoc in University of Kansas, USA in 2001, and finally back to China in 2008 as a professor in Huazhong University of Science and Technology. His research covers homogeneous catalytic oxidations, C-H activation, biomass utilizations, and wastewater treatment, and most recently focuses on Lewis acid promoted catalysis by redox metal ions and complexes for homogeneous oxidation and C-H activation. He has published more than 120 peer-reviewed papers.
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(22472063)

摘要:

双金属及多金属催化在各种生物氧化与化学氧化中发挥着重要作用, 但它们的协同机制一直模糊不清, 尤其是复杂的生物催化与化学多相催化氧化过程, 为研究它们的协同机制带来了巨大的挑战. 本质上讲, 生物催化、化学均相催化与多相催化遵循相同的化学原理, 因此, 这些模糊的协同催化机制可以通过构建均相催化模型来开展研究, 进而为设计新的催化剂、理解生物催化的机制提供理论依据. 事实上, 自上世纪90年代起, 通过第二金属离子作为路易斯酸调控活性金属氧物种的研究就逐渐引起了关注, 并在近10余年取得了长足进步, 进而发展起了路易斯酸调控过渡金属催化氧化反应的催化剂设计理念.

本文系统总结了通过模型化合物研究路易斯酸调控各类过渡金属活性氧物种物理化学性能与氧化性能的最新研究进展, 以及进一步的催化剂设计应用研究成果. 首先, 在早期研究中, 研究人员利用各种稳定的高价过渡金属氧阴盐, 包括高锰酸盐、铬酸盐、高铁酸盐及钌酸根盐等作为金属活性氧物种的来源, 研究了路易斯酸如何调控它们的氧化反应性能. 以此为契机, 利用来源于过渡金属配合物的相对稳定的中间体作为平台, 包括(1)高价金属氧中间体, 如铁(IV)氧、锰(IV/V)氧、钴(IV)氧和铬(V)氧等; (2)金属过氧中间体, 如铁(III)过氧、钴(III)过氧和铜(II)过氧等; 以及(3)金属超氧中间体, 如铁(III)超氧和铬(III)超氧, 研究不同酸性强弱的路易斯如何调控其在电子转移、氧原子转移和氢原子转移中的反应性能, 为进一步的催化剂设计提供了理论依据. 同时, 研究人员也利用各种合成过渡金属配合物研究路易斯酸对其物理化学性能, 特别是氧化还原电位的影响, 初步总结出路易斯酸调控过渡金属活性氧物种反应性能的规律. 与此同时, 研究人员还发展了路易斯酸调控的各种过渡金属配合物催化氧化反应, 特别是路易斯酸促进过渡金属配合物活化氧气参与的催化氧化反应, 为氧气的近室温活化与催化氧化的催化剂设计提供了新的思路.

综上, 目前路易斯酸调控过渡金属活性氧物种的氧化性能研究已取得了系统性的研究成果, 我们期望这些成果能帮助理解发生在生物氧化与化学氧化中的各种双金属及多金属协同催化机制, 并有助于相应的催化剂设计, 服务于社会.

关键词: 路易斯酸, 共催化剂, 氧化, 协同催化机制, 活性金属氧物种

Abstract:

Bimetallic and polymetallic catalysis play the significant roles in versatile biological and chemical oxidation processes, however, their synergistic mechanisms, typically for these biological and heterogeneous oxidations, mostly remain vague due to the complexity of biological system and heterogeneous catalysis. Fundamentally, biological, heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis obey the same chemical principles; accordingly, these vague synergistic mechanisms may be elucidated with homogeneous models. Indeed, since last 1990s, it has attracted much attention to investigate how the second metal ions functioning as Lewis acid (LA) to modulate the oxidative reactivity of the metal active oxygen moieties with synthetic models, and LA-modulated catalysis by redox catalysts has also been explored as well in homogeneous oxidations. This review summarizes the state of art in this field, and we hope these knowledges could help the understandings of bimetallic and polymetallic catalysis happening in both biological and chemical oxidations, thus benefit related catalyst designs for a better life.

Key words: Lewis acid, Cocatalyst, Oxidation, Synergistic mechanism, Metal active oxygen moieties