From molecular catalysts to nanostructured materials skeleton catalysts

Asao, Naoki; Jin, Tienan; Tanaka, Shinya; Yamamoto, Yoshinori

doi:10.1351/PAC-CON-11-10-28

Pure Appl. Chem., 2012, Vol. 84, No. 8, pp. 1771-1784

http://dx.doi.org/10.1351/PAC-CON-11-10-28

Published online 2012-04-27

From molecular catalysts to nanostructured materials skeleton catalysts

Naoki Asao¹, Tienan Jin¹, Shinya Tanaka² and Yoshinori Yamamoto^3,1*

¹ WPI-Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
² Center for Integrated NanoTechnology Support, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
³ Dalian University of Technology, The State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian 116023, China

Abstract: Molecular transformations using Au, Pd, and Cu nanoporous skeleton catalysts and the reactivity difference between those catalysts and the corresponding well-known homogeneous molecular catalysts are described. Nanoporous skeleton catalysts (e.g., PdNPore) can be fabricated through dealloying of the corresponding Pd-containing alloy Pd_xM_1yM_2z.