Primary amine coupling on nanocarbon catalysts: Reaction mechanism and kinetics via fluorescence probe analysis

Non-metallic nanocarbon materials catalyzed coupling reactions of primary amines to produce imine is an efficient, green and sustainable synthetic route, which has a wide application prospect in fine chemicals or pharmaceutical molecules. In the present study, we show firstly the relatively high cat...

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Main Authors: Fan Li, Xueya Dai, Wei Qi
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Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2020-10-01
Series:Green Energy & Environment
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468025720301497
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Xueya Dai
Wei Qi
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Wei Qi
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description Non-metallic nanocarbon materials catalyzed coupling reactions of primary amines to produce imine is an efficient, green and sustainable synthetic route, which has a wide application prospect in fine chemicals or pharmaceutical molecules. In the present study, we show firstly the relatively high catalytic activity of graphene oxide in the reaction of oxidative coupling of benzylamine (OCB), which is even comparable with typical metal-based catalysts, indicating the great potential of nanocarbon materials in this reaction system. More importantly, a novel two-photon fluorescence probe molecule (N-propyl-4-hydrazinyl-1, 8-naphthalimide, NA) with special chemical structure of hydrazine functionality was synthesized. The probe NA could selectively react with aldehyde or ketone compounds, leading to the photoluminescence enhancement via inhibition of photo induced electron transfer (PET) process. The synthesized NA was applied as probe in carbon catalyzed OCB system to predict the existence of reaction intermediate benzaldehyde (BA), indicating the reaction pathway of oxidation-deamination-condensation in nanocarbon catalyzed OCB process. The proposed luminescence-probe strategy for revealing the kinetics and mechanism may also shed light in other reaction systems concerning the intermediates or products of ketones or aldehydes.
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spelling doaj.art-aa3bb05106e144c9868991bddda809962022-12-21T18:13:42ZengKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.Green Energy & Environment2468-02572020-10-0154453460Primary amine coupling on nanocarbon catalysts: Reaction mechanism and kinetics via fluorescence probe analysisFan Li0Xueya Dai1Wei Qi2Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China; School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Shenyang 110016, ChinaShenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China; School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Shenyang 110016, ChinaShenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China; School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Shenyang 110016, China; Corresponding author. Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China.Non-metallic nanocarbon materials catalyzed coupling reactions of primary amines to produce imine is an efficient, green and sustainable synthetic route, which has a wide application prospect in fine chemicals or pharmaceutical molecules. In the present study, we show firstly the relatively high catalytic activity of graphene oxide in the reaction of oxidative coupling of benzylamine (OCB), which is even comparable with typical metal-based catalysts, indicating the great potential of nanocarbon materials in this reaction system. More importantly, a novel two-photon fluorescence probe molecule (N-propyl-4-hydrazinyl-1, 8-naphthalimide, NA) with special chemical structure of hydrazine functionality was synthesized. The probe NA could selectively react with aldehyde or ketone compounds, leading to the photoluminescence enhancement via inhibition of photo induced electron transfer (PET) process. The synthesized NA was applied as probe in carbon catalyzed OCB system to predict the existence of reaction intermediate benzaldehyde (BA), indicating the reaction pathway of oxidation-deamination-condensation in nanocarbon catalyzed OCB process. The proposed luminescence-probe strategy for revealing the kinetics and mechanism may also shed light in other reaction systems concerning the intermediates or products of ketones or aldehydes.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468025720301497NanocarbonBenzylamine coupling reactionFluorescence probeReaction mechanism
spellingShingle Fan Li
Xueya Dai
Wei Qi
Primary amine coupling on nanocarbon catalysts: Reaction mechanism and kinetics via fluorescence probe analysis
Green Energy & Environment
Nanocarbon
Benzylamine coupling reaction
Fluorescence probe
Reaction mechanism
title Primary amine coupling on nanocarbon catalysts: Reaction mechanism and kinetics via fluorescence probe analysis
title_full Primary amine coupling on nanocarbon catalysts: Reaction mechanism and kinetics via fluorescence probe analysis
title_fullStr Primary amine coupling on nanocarbon catalysts: Reaction mechanism and kinetics via fluorescence probe analysis
title_full_unstemmed Primary amine coupling on nanocarbon catalysts: Reaction mechanism and kinetics via fluorescence probe analysis
title_short Primary amine coupling on nanocarbon catalysts: Reaction mechanism and kinetics via fluorescence probe analysis
title_sort primary amine coupling on nanocarbon catalysts reaction mechanism and kinetics via fluorescence probe analysis
topic Nanocarbon
Benzylamine coupling reaction
Fluorescence probe
Reaction mechanism
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468025720301497
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