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Manganese-catalyzed dehydrogenative synthesis of urea derivatives and polyureas
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dc.contributor.author | Owen, Aniekan | |
dc.contributor.author | Preiss, Annika | |
dc.contributor.author | Mcluskie, Angus | |
dc.contributor.author | Gao, Chang | |
dc.contributor.author | Peters, Gavin | |
dc.contributor.author | Buehl, Michael | |
dc.contributor.author | Kumar, Amit | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-05-30T10:30:20Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-05-30T10:30:20Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022-05-27 | |
dc.identifier | 279578176 | |
dc.identifier | 40ea41d7-9919-4e41-8df8-b0f7ce78642b | |
dc.identifier | 85131720928 | |
dc.identifier | 000813535200001 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Owen , A , Preiss , A , Mcluskie , A , Gao , C , Peters , G , Buehl , M & Kumar , A 2022 , ' Manganese-catalyzed dehydrogenative synthesis of urea derivatives and polyureas ' , ACS Catalysis , vol. 12 , pp. 6923-6933 . https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.2c00850 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 2155-5435 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-8175-8221/work/114023230 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-1095-7143/work/114023291 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/25463 | |
dc.description | A.K. thanks the Leverhulme Trust for an early career fellowship (ECF-2019-161). M.B. wishes to thank the School of Chemistry and EaStCHEM for their support. A.E.O. gratefully acknowledges a fellowship from the Akwa Ibom State University (TETFund). | en |
dc.description.abstract | Urea derivatives have significant applications in the synthesis of resin precursors, dyes, agrochemicals, and pharmaceutical drugs. Furthermore, polyureas are useful plastics with applications in coating, adhesive, and biomedical industries. However, the conventional methods for the synthesis of urea derivatives and polyureas involve toxic reagents such as (di)isocyanates, phosgene, CO, and azides. We present here the synthesis of (poly)ureas using much less toxic reagents─(di)amines and methanol─via a catalytic dehydrogenative coupling process. The reaction is catalyzed by a pincer complex of an earth-abundant metal, manganese, and liberates H2 gas, valuable by itself, as the only byproduct, making the overall process highly atom-economic. A broad variety of symmetrical and unsymmetrical urea derivatives and polyureas have been synthesized in moderate to quantitative yields using this catalytic protocol. Mechanistic insights have also been provided using experiments and DFT computation, suggesting that the reaction proceeds via an isocyanate intermediate. | |
dc.format.extent | 1631504 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | ACS Catalysis | en |
dc.subject | Catalysis | en |
dc.subject | Dehydrogenation | en |
dc.subject | Manganese | en |
dc.subject | Methanol | en |
dc.subject | Pincer | en |
dc.subject | Polyurea | en |
dc.subject | Urea | en |
dc.subject | QD Chemistry | en |
dc.subject | DAS | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QD | en |
dc.title | Manganese-catalyzed dehydrogenative synthesis of urea derivatives and polyureas | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.sponsor | The Leverhulme Trust | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Chemistry | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. EaSTCHEM | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1021/acscatal.2c00850 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | ECF-2019-161 | en |
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