Abstract
We report the design of a bifunctional metal-organic layer (MOL), Hf12 -Ru-Co, composed of [Ru(DBB)(bpy)2 ]2+ [DBB-Ru, DBB=4,4'-di(4-benzoato)-2,2'-bipyridine; bpy=2,2'-bipyridine] connecting ligand as a photosensitizer and Co(dmgH)2 (PPA)Cl (PPA-Co, dmgH=dimethylglyoxime; PPA=4-pyridinepropionic acid) on the Hf12 secondary building unit (SBU) as a hydrogen-transfer catalyst. Hf12 -Ru-Co efficiently catalyzed acceptorless dehydrogenation of indolines and tetrahydroquinolines to afford indoles and quinolones. We extended this strategy to prepare Hf12 -Ru-Co-OTf MOL with a [Ru(DBB)(bpy)2 ]2+ photosensitizer and Hf12 SBU capped with triflate as strong Lewis acids and PPA-Co as a hydrogen transfer catalyst. With three synergistic active sites, Hf12 -Ru-Co-OTf competently catalyzed dehydrogenative tandem transformations of indolines with alkenes or aldehydes to afford 3-alkylindoles and bisindolylmethanes with turnover numbers of up to 500 and 460, respectively, illustrating the potential use of MOLs in constructing novel multifunctional heterogeneous catalysts.
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