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Israel
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Cano Rico
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/86450
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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Ciencias Químicas
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Química Inorgánica
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    Iridium vs. iridium: nanocluster and monometallic catalysts carrying the same ligand behave differently
    (Chemistry A European Journal, 2016) Cano Rico, Israel; Martínez-Prieto, Luis M.; Chaudret, Bruno; Leeuwen, Piet W. N. M. van
    A specific secondary phosphine oxide (SPO) ligand (tert-butyl(phenyl)phosphine oxide) was employed to generate two iridium catalysts, an Ir–SPO complex and IrNPs (iridium nanoparticles) ligated with SPO ligands, which were compared mutually and with several supported iridium catalysts with the aim to establish the differences in their catalytic properties. The Ir–SPO-based catalysts showed totally different activities and selectivities in the hydrogenation of various substituted aldehydes, in which H2 is likely cleaved by a metal–ligand cooperation, that is, the SPO ligand and a neighboring metal centre operate in tandem to activate the hydrogen molecule. In addition, the supported IrNPs behave very differently from both Ir–SPO catalysts. This study exemplifies perfectly the advantages and disadvantages related to the use of the main types of catalysts, and thus the dissimilarities between them.
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    Characterization of Secondary Phosphine Oxide Ligands on the Surface of Iridium Nanoparticles
    (Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2017) Cano Rico, Israel; Martínez-Prieto, Luis M.; Fazzini, Pier F.; Coppel, Yannick; Chaudret, Bruno; Leeuwen, Piet W. N. M. van
    The synthesis of iridium nanoparticles (IrNPs) ligated by various secondary phosphine oxides (SPOs) is described. This highly reproducible and simple method via H2 reduction produces well dispersed, small nanoparticles (NPs), which were characterized by the state-of-the-art techniques, such as TEM, HRTEM, WAXS and ATR FT-IR spectroscopy. In particular, multinuclear solid state MAS-NMR spectroscopy with and without cross polarization (CP) enabled us to investigate the different binding modes adopted by the ligand at the nanoparticle surface, suggesting the presence of three possible types of coordination: as a purely anionic ligand Ir–P(O)R2, as the neutral acid R2P–O–H and as a monoanionic bidentate H-bonded dimer R2P–O–H···O=PR2. Specifically, the higher basicity of the dicyclohexyl system leads to the formation of IrNPs in which the bidentate binding mode is most abundant. Such cyclohexyl groups are bent towards the edges, as is suggested by the study of 13CO coordination on the NP surface. This study also showed that the number of surface sites on faces available for bridging CO molecules is higher than the number of sites for terminal CO species on edges and apices, which is unexpected taking into account the small size of the nanoparticles. In addition, the IrNPs present a high chemoselectivity in the hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde to the unsaturated alcohol.