Preparation and evaluation of a novel and high efficient boronic acid-substituted silica supported Pt catalyst

Abstract

A smart design of transition metal nanocatalyst can efficiently improve its catalytic activity and use value. In this work, platinum (Pt) was successfully anchored to silica gel with phenylboronic acid group first time and formed nanoparticles (0.5–5 nm) which afforded a highly active supported catalyst for the hydrosilylation of olefins. The turnover number and regioselectivity in the reaction of methyldichlorosilane and 1-octene using 0.00000004 mol of the immobilized Pt catalyst approached 1,321,317 and 99% over 12 h. The corresponding hydrosilylation products in excellent yields and regioselectivities were obtained when we employed a broad range of terminal aliphatic olefins and methyldichlorosilane as substrates. The fully immobilized Pt nanoparticles could be recycled at least 10 runs without any obvious loss in catalytic activity.