Catalytic C-H bond activation at nanoscale Lewis acidic aluminium fluorides: H/D exchange reactions at aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons

Martin H G Prechtl; Michael Teltewskoi; Anton Dimitrov; Erhard Kemnitz; Thomas Braun

doi:10.1002/chem.201102853

Catalytic C-H bond activation at nanoscale Lewis acidic aluminium fluorides: H/D exchange reactions at aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons

Chemistry. 2011 Dec 16;17(51):14385-8. doi: 10.1002/chem.201102853. Epub 2011 Nov 29.

Authors

Martin H G Prechtl¹, Michael Teltewskoi, Anton Dimitrov, Erhard Kemnitz, Thomas Braun

Affiliation

¹ Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Chemistry, Brook-Taylor-Strasse 2, 12489 Berlin, Germany.

PMID: 22125129
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201102853

Abstract

Nanoscopic amorphous Lewis acidic aluminium fluorides, such as aluminium chlorofluoride (ACF) and high-surface aluminium fluoride (HS-AlF(3)), are capable of activating C-H bonds of aliphatic hydrocarbons. H/D exchange reactions are catalysed under mild conditions (40 °C).

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aluminum Compounds / chemistry*
Benzene Derivatives / chemistry
Catalysis
Cycloparaffins / chemistry
Fluorides / chemistry*
Lewis Acids / chemistry*
Molecular Structure
Nanotechnology

Substances

Aluminum Compounds
Benzene Derivatives
Cycloparaffins
Lewis Acids
Fluorides
aluminum fluoride