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ArticleJournal of the American Chemical Society2025

Unlocking a Nano-Aluminum Oxide Lewis Acid Layer as the Electrocatalyst for Hydrogenation of Thiophene and Other Arenes.

Xiaofeng Zhang, Aoqian Qiu, Pan Ran, Mengning Ding, Xu Cheng

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Xiaofeng ZhangState Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China.
Aoqian QiuState Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China.
Pan RanState Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China.
Mengning DingState Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6581-3385
Xu ChengState Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6218-611X

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Abstract

Owing to the ready formation of an insulating oxide layer, there is an intrinsic obstacle to the use of aluminum material as the cathode in the electrocatalytic reaction. In this report, a new Al-based material with a surface aluminum oxide/chloride nanolayer (nAlClO@Al) is prepared. Via the quantum tunneling effect, this material realizes conductivity through the nano-Al-O layer. This material exhibits unusual inertness toward the hydrogen evolution reaction, leaving a wide reduction window for the substrate. Primed with the native Lewis acidity of the Al-Cl structure, this material achieves the electrocatalytic hydrogenation of thiophenes with up to >95% conversion, >95% selectivity, and 90% Faraday efficiency. This catalysis is applicable to heteroarene and benzene rings. In particular, the chemoselectivity is controlled by the nAlClO@Al catalyst instead of the substrate, which is complementary to electrochemical Birch chemistry.

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