Frustrated Lewis pairs（FLPs） emerge as a new type of bifunctional metal-free catalysts for reversible H_2 activation, which is important for the storage and liberation of H_2 or further controllable utilizing chemic...Frustrated Lewis pairs（FLPs） emerge as a new type of bifunctional metal-free catalysts for reversible H_2 activation, which is important for the storage and liberation of H_2 or further controllable utilizing chemical fuels via hydrogenation/dehydrogenation. Herein, a DFT study was conducted to understand the geometric factors and electronic effects of FLPs on reversible H_2 activation. The Lewis base group mainly contributes to the proton attachment, and influences the kinetics of the H_2 activation. The Lewis acid group mainly relates to the hydride attachment, and affects more significantly on the thermodynamics of H_2 activation. The dimer and quenched structure of FLPs also have a degree of influence on the performance of catalyzed H_2 activation. A series of FLPs with para-substituted phenyl derivatives as LA groups were designed and evaluated. The results indicate that the variation of LA groups has significant impact on thermodynamic energy of dihydrogen adducts but insignificant effect on kinetics. Moreover,we found the thermodynamic energy of products has a good linear relationship with Hammett substituent constants. The solvent effect on H_2 activation was also studied, and polar solvent is beneficial for zwitterionic products. These results should provide deeper insight to understand the relation between FLPs structure and reactivity, which is critical for rational design of more efficient FLPs catalysts for reversible H_2 activation.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21502023 and 21473261)the Guangdong Natural Science Funds for Distinguished Young Scholar(No. 2015A030306027)+1 种基金the Guangdong Special Support Plan for High-Level Talent(No. 20153100042090537)supported in part by the high performance grid computing platform of Sun Yat-sen University, the Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Computational Science, and Special Program for Applied Research on Super Computation of the NSFC-Guangdong Joint Fund (No. U1501501)
文摘Frustrated Lewis pairs（FLPs） emerge as a new type of bifunctional metal-free catalysts for reversible H_2 activation, which is important for the storage and liberation of H_2 or further controllable utilizing chemical fuels via hydrogenation/dehydrogenation. Herein, a DFT study was conducted to understand the geometric factors and electronic effects of FLPs on reversible H_2 activation. The Lewis base group mainly contributes to the proton attachment, and influences the kinetics of the H_2 activation. The Lewis acid group mainly relates to the hydride attachment, and affects more significantly on the thermodynamics of H_2 activation. The dimer and quenched structure of FLPs also have a degree of influence on the performance of catalyzed H_2 activation. A series of FLPs with para-substituted phenyl derivatives as LA groups were designed and evaluated. The results indicate that the variation of LA groups has significant impact on thermodynamic energy of dihydrogen adducts but insignificant effect on kinetics. Moreover,we found the thermodynamic energy of products has a good linear relationship with Hammett substituent constants. The solvent effect on H_2 activation was also studied, and polar solvent is beneficial for zwitterionic products. These results should provide deeper insight to understand the relation between FLPs structure and reactivity, which is critical for rational design of more efficient FLPs catalysts for reversible H_2 activation.
