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Professor James Wilton-Ely

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry

Professor of Inorganic Chemistry
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 9718j.wilton-ely Website

 
 
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601bMolecular Sciences Research HubWhite City Campus

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Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{McCarthy:2022:10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c04092,
author = {McCarthy, S and Desaunay, O and Lee, Wei Jie A and Hassatzky, M and White, A and Deplano, P and Braddock, D and Serpe, A and Wilton-Ely, J},
doi = {10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c04092},
journal = {ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering},
pages = {15726--15734},
title = {Homogeneous gold catalysis using complexes recovered from waste electronic equipment},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c04092},
volume = {10},
year = {2022}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Despite the greater awareness of elemental sustainability and the benefits of the circular economy concept, much waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) is still destined for landfill. Effective methods for valorizing this waste within our society are therefore imperative. In this contribution, two gold(III) complexes obtained as recovery products from WEEE and their anion metathesis products were investigated as homogenous catalysts. These four recovery products were successfully applied as catalysts for the cyclization of propargylic amides and the condensation of acetylacetone with o-iodoaniline. Impressive activity was also observed in the gold-catalyzed reaction between electron-rich arenes (2-methylfuran, 1,3-dimethoxybenzene, and azulene) and α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds (methyl vinyl ketone and cyclohexenone). These recovered compounds were also shown to be effective catalysts for the oxidative cross-coupling reaction of aryl silanes and arenes. When employed as Lewis acid catalysts for carbonyl-containing substrates, the WEEE-derived gold complexes could also be recovered at the end of the reaction and reused without loss in catalytic activity, enhancing still further the sustainability of the process. This is the first direct application in homogeneous catalysis of gold recovery products sourced from e-waste.
AU  - McCarthy,S
AU  - Desaunay,O
AU  - Lee,Wei Jie A
AU  - Hassatzky,M
AU  - White,A
AU  - Deplano,P
AU  - Braddock,D
AU  - Serpe,A
AU  - Wilton-Ely,J
DO  - 10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c04092
EP  - 15734
PY  - 2022///
SN  - 2168-0485
SP  - 15726
TI  - Homogeneous gold catalysis using complexes recovered from waste electronic equipment
T2  - ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c04092
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/101439
VL  - 10
ER  -
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