Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2021, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (7): 1216-1226.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(20)63746-9

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Enhancing the activity, selectivity, and recyclability of Rh/PPh3 system-catalyzed hydroformylation reactions through the development of a PPh3-derived quasi-porous organic cage as a ligand

Wenlong Wangb,†, Cunyao Lia,†, Heng Zhangc,†, Jiangwei Zhanga, Lanlu Lud, Zheng Jiangd,e, Lifeng Cuib, Hongguang Liuc,#(), Li Yana,$(), Yunjie Dinga,*()   

  1. aDalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, and State Key Laboratory of catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, Liaoning, China
    bSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan 523808, Guangdong, China
    cCollege of Chemistry and Materials Science, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, Guangdong, China
    dShanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201210, China
    eShanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201204, China
  • Received:2020-10-22 Accepted:2020-11-25 Online:2021-07-18 Published:2020-12-10
  • Contact: Hongguang Liu,Li Yan,Yunjie Ding
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    These authors contributed equally to this work.

  • Supported by:
    Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA21020300);Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDB17020400);National Key R&D Program of China(2017YFB0602203);National Natural Science Foundation of China(21972018);Dongguan University of Technology (DGUT) Research Center of New Energy Materials(KCYCXPT2017005);the Startup Research Fund of DGUT(KCYKYQD2017015)

Abstract:

In contrast to heterogeneous network frameworks (e.g., covalent organic frameworks and metal-organic frameworks) and porous organic polymers, porous organic cages (POCs) are soluble molecules in common organic solvents that provide significant potential for homogeneous catalysis. Herein, we report a triphenylphosphine-derived quasi-porous organic cage (denoted as POC-DICP) as an efficient organic molecular cage ligand for Rh/PPh3 system-catalyzed homogeneous hydroformylation reactions. POC-DICP not only displays enhanced hydroformylation selectivity (aldehyde selectivity as high as 97% and a linear-to-branch ratio as high as 1.89) but can also be recovered and reused via a simple precipitation method in homogeneous reaction systems. We speculate that the reason for the high activity and good selectivity is the favorable geometry (cone angle = 123.88°) and electronic effect (P site is relatively electron-deficient) of POC-DICP, which were also demonstrated by density functional theory calculations and X-ray absorption fine-structure characterization.

Key words: Hydroformylation, Triphenylphosphine, Porous organic cages, Chemical selectivity, Linear-regioselectivity