Formation of Pyramidal Palladium Enhanced by B(C <sub>6</sub> F <sub>5</sub> ) <sub>3</sub> Additive Enabling Selective Alkene Monoisomerization
The addition of a strong Lewis acid, tris-(pentafluorophenyl)-borane, facilitates the reduction of Pd-(cod)-Cl<sub>2</sub> with Et<sub>3</sub>SiH to form palladium nanoparticles in organic solvents. It was found that these palladium nanoparticles are capable of selective monoisomerization of linear alkenes. This heterogeneous palladium catalyst is tolerant of a wide variety of functional groups, confirmed by substrate and robustness screenings. It is also possible to utilize poly-(methylhydro)-siloxane, an industrial waste byproduct, as the reductant to enable similar isomerization chemistry.
Authors
- P.D. Miller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4357-4392)
- Trandon A. Bender (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5001-4414)
Institutions
- Old Dominion University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ACS Omega
- Published
- 2025-12-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.5c09607
- Primary Topic
- Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00