M. Takahashi, T. Imaoka, Y. Hongo, K. Yamamoto
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 7419-7421.
Formation of a Pt12 Cluster by Single-Atom Control That Leads to Enhanced Reactivity: Hydrogenation of Unreactive Olefins
A platinum subnanocluster catalyst composed of 12 atoms was synthesized using a phenylazomethine dendrimer, which can assemble twelve PtCl4 units by stepwise complexation, followed by reduction to Pt0. Unreactive olefins that were not activated by conventional 2 nm Pt nanoparticles were successfully hydrogenated by the subnanocluster. EWG=electron-withdrawing group.