Griffiths, Kieran and Kumar, Prashant and Akien, Geoffrey Richard and Chilton, Nicholas F. and Abdul-Sada, Alaa and Tizzard, Graham J. and Coles, Simon J. and Kostakis, George E. (2016) Tetranuclear Zn/4f coordination clusters as highly efficient catalysts for Friedel–Crafts alkylation. Chemical Communications, 52 (50). pp. 7866-7869. ISSN 1359-7345
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A series of custom-designed, high yield, isoskeletal tetranuclear Zn/4f coordination clusters showing high efficiency as catalysts with low catalytic loadings in Friedel–Crafts alkylation are described for the first time. The possibility of altering the 4f centers in these catalysts without altering the core topology allows us to further confirm their stability via EPR and NMR, as well to gain insights into the plausible reaction mechanism, showcasing the usefulness of these bimetallic systems as catalysts.