金先生、野崎先生(東京大学)らとの共同研究の成果がNature Catalysis誌 (Springer-Nature)にAcceptされました。Our collaboration with Dr. Jin and Prof. Nozaki (The University of Tokyo) was published in Nature Catalysis (Springer-Nature)

「Metal-support cooperation in Al(PO₃)₃-supported platinum nanoparticles for the selective hydrogenolysis of phenols to arenes」Xiongjie Jin, Rio Tsukimura, Takeshi Aihara, Hiroki Miura, Tetsuya Shishido, Kyoko Nozaki

Nature Catalysis, 2021, 4, 312-321, DOI: 10.1038/s41929-021-00598-x

The hydrogenolysis of phenols to yield arenes is of importance to the production of fine chemicals, as well as biorefinery application; however, the conversion of phenols through cleavage of their strong C(sp2)-OH bonds remains a highly challenging task in synthetic chemistry. Here we report the use of Al(PO3)3-supported platinum nanoparticles for the selective hydrogenolysis of a broad range of phenols (including sterically highly demanding phenols and lignin model compounds) to afford arenes under relatively low temperatures (<150 °C) and ambient pressure (Ar/H2 = 9/1, 1 atm). This heterogeneous catalyst is expected to find a broad application in fine chemical synthesis and biorefinery.