Room Temperature Ethene to Propene (ETP) Tandem Catalysis using Single Crystalline Solid-State Molecular Pre-Catalysts

Andrew Weller; Matthew Robert Gyton; Jack Heaton; Leonardo Lari

doi:10.1002/anie.202419923

Room Temperature Ethene to Propene (ETP) Tandem Catalysis using Single Crystalline Solid-State Molecular Pre-Catalysts

Andrew Weller, Matthew Robert Gyton, Jack Heaton, Leonardo Lari

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Abstract

A tandem catalytic ensemble of solid-state molecular organometallic (SMOM) crystalline pre-catalysts are deployed under batch or flow conditions for the ethene to propene process (ETP). These catalysts operate at ambient temperature and low pressure, via sequential ethene dimerization, butenes isomerization and cross-metathesis. Under flow conditions the on-stream ethene conversion (55 %), initial propene selectivity (92 %), stability (71 % selectivity after 7 h) and low temperature/pressures are competitive with the best-in-class heterogeneous systems, marking a new, in crystallo, approach to ETP.

Original language	English
Article number	e202419923
Number of pages	7
Journal	Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Volume	64
Issue number	10
Early online date	11 Feb 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202419923 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202419923
Publication status	Published - 3 Mar 2025

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Ethene to propene
flow catalysis
single crystals
solid-state organometallic
tandem catalysis

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Room Temperature Ethene to Propene (ETP) Tandem Catalysis using Single Crystalline Solid-State Molecular Pre-Catalysts

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"In-Crystallo" Solid-State Molecular Organometallic Chemistry of Methane, Ethane and Propane. Synthesis, Structures and Catalysis in Single-Crystals

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