Cu 6 - and Cu 8 -Based Acetylacetonate/Phenylsilsesquioxane Cages: Synthesis, Structure, and Activity in Oxidative Catalysis

Inorganic Chemistry 2026

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Authors: Grigorii S. Astakhov, Zhibin Huang, Victor Khrustalev, Ivan S. Arteev, Lu Qingshuo, Ekaterina A. Panfilova, Elizaveta Y. Shirnina, Elena S. Shubina, Karim Ragimov, Zhi Wang, Аlexey N. Bilyachenko
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6c00559
Cited by: 3
References: 60

Abstract

Self-assembly of phenylsiloxanolate/acetylacetonate copper complexes resulted in the solvent-controlled (MeCN/EtOH vs DMF or CH 2 Cl 2 ) isolation of two types of cage complexes. Depending on (Cu 6 or Cu 8 ) nuclearity, molecular architectures differ in the number of acetylacetonate species (two or four), while keeping the same sandwich-type cage structure with a pair of Si 5 -cyclic ligands. The complexes are active precatalysts in the oxidative amidation (OA) reaction of benzylic alcohols and amine hydrochlorides. The developed catalytic protocol led to amides in good to excellent yields with only 100 ppm of Cu loading. The catalysts were also successfully evaluated in the oxidation of aniline to nitrobenzene with use of tert -butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP).

Fields of Study & Subjects

Silicone and Siloxane Chemistry Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes

Publication details

Journal / source
Inorganic Chemistry
Publisher
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Volume
65
Issue
16
Pages
9085–9090
Publication date
15 April 2026
Language
EN