Glass wool: a novel support for heterogeneous catalysis

Elhage, Ayda; Wang, Bowen; Marina, Nancy; Marin, M. Luisa; Cruz, Menandro; Lanterna, Anabel E.; Scaiano, Juan C.

Abstract

Heterogeneous catalysis presents significant advantages over homogeneous catalysis such as ease of separation and reuse of the catalyst. Here we show that a very inexpensive, manageable and widely available material – glass wool – can act as a catalyst support for a number of different reactions. Different metal and metal oxide nanoparticles, based on Pd, Co, Cu, Au and Ru, were deposited on glass wool and used as heterogeneous catalysts for a variety of thermal and photochemical organic reactions including reductive de-halogenation of aryl halides, reduction of nitrobenzene, Csp3–Csp3 couplings, N–C heterocycloadditions (click chemistry) and Csp–Csp2 couplings (Sonogashira couplings). The use of glass wool as a catalyst support for important organic reactions, particularly C–C couplings, opens the opportunity to develop economical heterogeneous catalysts with excellent potential for flow photo-chemistry application.

Citation

Elhage, A., Wang, B., Marina, N., Marin, M. L., Cruz, M., Lanterna, A. E., & Scaiano, J. C. (in press). Glass wool: a novel support for heterogeneous catalysis. Chemical Science, 9(33), 6844-6852. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8sc02115e

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jul 10, 2018
• Deposit Date: Jun 22, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 30, 2020
• Journal: Chemical Science
• Print ISSN: 2041-6520
• Electronic ISSN: 2041-6539
• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 9
• Issue: 33
• Pages: 6844-6852
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/c8sc02115e
• Keywords: General Chemistry
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/4442769
• Publisher URL: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2018/SC/C8SC02115E
• Additional Information: Chem. Sci., 2018,9, 6844-6852