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Bimetallic Pd‐Sn Nanocatalysts for Selective Synthesis of Amines and Imines in Water
Author(s) -
Mukhi Priyabrata,
Roy Sujit
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
chemistryselect
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 34
ISSN - 2365-6549
DOI - 10.1002/slct.201903671
Subject(s) - nanomaterial based catalyst , catalysis , bimetallic strip , imine , chemistry , x ray photoelectron spectroscopy , spectroscopy , inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy , high resolution transmission electron microscopy , inductively coupled plasma , photochemistry , inorganic chemistry , transmission electron microscopy , materials science , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , nanotechnology , physics , plasma , quantum mechanics , engineering
Aided by our interest in green chemistry, we report the synthesis of a novel Pd‐Sn nano catalyst for C−N coupling reaction in water. The catalyst has been synthesized by a simple wet chemical reduction method and fully characterized by a library of physico‐chemical techniques such as Powder X‐Ray Diffraction (PXRD), High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (HRTEM), X‐Ray Photo Electron Spectroscopy (XPS) and UV‐Vis spectroscopy, Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM), Energy Dispersive X‐Ray (EDX) spectroscopy, and Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectroscopy (ICP‐OES). The robust Pd‐Sn catalyst shows high catalytic efficiency for the oxidative coupling of benzylamines and tandem coupling between alcohol and amine in water as solvent to give rise to the corresponding secondary amines. However, in presence of oxygen both the reactions stop at the imine stage. As a result, we could guide the reaction to obtain selectively amine or imine. The high efficiency, recyclability and good substrate scope of this Pd‐Sn nanocatalyst is noteworthy. Preliminary mechanistic studies indicated that the reactions proceed via initial activation of N−H bond of amine