Metal-free catalysis of nitrogen-doped nanocarbons for the ammoxidation of alcohols to nitriles

Sensen Shang; Wen Dai; Lianyue Wang; Ying Lv; Shuang Gao

doi:10.1039/c6cc09151b

Metal-free catalysis of nitrogen-doped nanocarbons for the ammoxidation of alcohols to nitriles

Chem Commun (Camb). 2017 Jan 17;53(6):1048-1051. doi: 10.1039/c6cc09151b.

Authors

Sensen Shang¹, Wen Dai², Lianyue Wang², Ying Lv², Shuang Gao²

Affiliations

¹ Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian 116023, China. sgao@dicp.ac.cn and University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
² Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian 116023, China. sgao@dicp.ac.cn.

PMID: 28044159
DOI: 10.1039/c6cc09151b

Abstract

Here meso-N/C-900 derived from polypyridyl ligand DAA has been developed as a metal-free catalyst, for the first time, exhibiting good performance in catalytic ammoxidation of alcohols to nitriles. Systematic characterization suggests that the accessible mesopores and the effective pyridinic/pyrrolic-N are responsible for the unprecedented performance.