The easy synthesis of transition metal nanoparticles supported on three types of carbon nanofibers (platelet: CNF-P, tubular: CNF-T, herringbone: CNF-H) and nitrogen-doped CNF-H (
N-CNF-H) is accomplished by pyrolysis of metal carbonyl clusters such as Ru
3(CO)
12, Rh
4(CO)
12, and Ir
4(CO)
12, and alkene complexes such as Pd
2(dba)
3·CHCl
3 and Pt(dba)
2 [dba: dibenzylideneacetone]. Transmission electron microscopy of these CNFs with immobilized metal nanoparticles (M/CNFs and M/
N-CNF-H) showed that metal nanoparticles whose size could be controlled, existed on the CNFs, and that their location was dependent on the surface nanostructure of the CNFs: on the edge of the graphite layers (CNF-P), in the tubes and on the surface (CNF-T), and between the layers and on the edge (CNF-H). Among these M/CNFs, Ru/CNF-P and Rh/CNF-T showed excellent catalytic activity towards arene hydrogenation with high reusability and functional group tolerance, while the Pt/CNF-P behaves as an efficient catalyst for the hydrogenation of substituted nitroarenes to the corresponding aniline derivatives with the other functional groups remaining intact. Pt and Pd nanoparticles supported on
N-CNF-H act as poisoning catalysts for the transformation of internal alkynes to (
Z)-alkenes over Pd/
N-CNF-H, and for the transformation of nitroarenes to the corresponding anilines and
N-hydroxylamines over Pt/
N-CNF-H.
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