Magnetic Hollowed CoFe Alloy@C Prism Catalyst for N-Alkylation of Alcohols and Amines
A novel magnetic hollowed CoFe@C-650 prism catalyst has been successfully prepared and applied in the N-alkylation of alcohols and amines through a hydrogen borrowing strategy. The catalyst demonstrates good to excellent activities in the reaction with a broad substrate scope to afford up to a 99% yield of target products. A preliminary mechanistic study reveals that a high valent Co species in the catalyst may promote the adsorption and conversion of alcohols, while the Fe species assists in hydrogenating the imine intermediates.
Authors
- Yangsheng Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7289-5278)
- Yuxing Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6012-8100)
- Mauro Carraro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1194-6147)
- Troels Skrydstrup (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8090-5050)
- Mingdong Dong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2025-2171)
- Xin Zhuo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7681-819X)
- Kim Daasbjerg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0212-8190)
- Chun Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9739-6114)
- Jianyao Kou
Institutions
- University of Padua (IT)
- Nanchang University (CN)
- Aarhus University (DK)
- Novo Nordisk Foundation (DK)
- School of Advanced Study (GB)
- Institute for Advanced Study (US)
- Institute for Advanced Study (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Published
- 2025-03-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c00188
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.15
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province