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Visible light-driven C−H activation and C–C coupling of methanol into ethylene glycol
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The development of new methods for the direct transformation of methanol into two or multi-carbon compounds via controlled carbon–carbon coupling is a highly attractive but challenging goal. Here, we report the first visible-light-driven dehydrogenative coupling of methanol into ethylene glycol, an important chemical currently produced from petroleum. Ethylene glycol is formed with 90% selectivity and high efficiency, together with hydrogen over a molybdenum disulfide nanofoam-modified cadmium sulfide nanorod catalyst. Mechanistic studies reveal a preferential activation of C−H bond instead of O−H bond in methanol by photoexcited holes on CdS via a concerted proton–electron transfer mechanism, forming a hydroxymethyl radical (⋅CH 2 OH) that can readily desorb from catalyst surfaces for subsequent coupling. This work not only offers an alternative nonpetroleum route for the synthesis of EG but also presents a unique visible-light-driven catalytic C−H activation with the hydroxyl group in the same molecule keeping intact.
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- Xie, S., Shen, Z., Deng, J., Guo, P., Zhang, Q., Zhang, H., Ma, C., Jiang, Z., Cheng, J., Deng, D., & Wang, Y.
- Venue
- Nature Communications
- Published
- 2018-03-21
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1181-1181
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- 2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
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- W2789643047
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- 330
- References
- 3
- FWCI
- 5.37
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- en
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