ArtikelHybrid Catalysts for One‐pot Cascade Production of Gluconic Acidvon Ziyi Yang et al. · 22.09.2023 Cascade catalysis with hybrid catalysts provides one-pot production without separation of intermediate(s) and can present superior catalytic efficiency. This Concept review summarizes the catalytic cascade categories for gluconic acid production, an...
ArtikelPreparation of Dual‐activity Enzyme‐metal‐nanoparticles Conjugate Catalysts for Cascade Processesvon Jose M. · 22.09.2023 Dual enzyme-metal nanoparticles catalysts: The present concept review focuses on the most important features on the fabrication of these biological/chemo bifunctional catalysts by the pioneer strategy, enzyme-induced method, and their application in...
ArtikelEnantioselective Ni‐Catalyzed Three‐Component Dicarbofunctionalization of Alkenesvon Zhan Dong et al. · 22.09.2023 Transition metal-catalyzed difunctionalization of activated alkenes has been well developed. However, the enantioselective dicarbofunctionalization of alkenes, especially unactivated alkenes, remains rare. This concept summarizes the recent advances...
ArtikelChiral Hypoiodite Salt Catalysts for Enantioselective Oxidative Transformationsvon Minami Odagi et al. · 22.09.2023 Hypoiodite is an environmentally friendly oxidant that reacts with nucleophiles in an umpolung fashion to oxidative functionalization. Herein, we described recent progress in chiral hypoiodite-catalyzed enantioselective oxidative bond-forming reacti...
ArtikelSugars as Emerging Hydrogen Donors in the Synthesis of Alditol via Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenationvon Shuqi Wang et al. · 22.09.2023 Two catalytic transfer hydrogenation (CTH) routes of alditol production using biomass-derived sugars as the hydrogen donors in the aqueous solution, achieving a considerable yield of alditol and high hydrogen utilization ratio. Abstract The utiliz...
ArtikelOne‐pot Upcycling of Waste Plastics for Selective Hydrogen Production at Low‐Temperaturevon Ankit Kumar et al. · 22.09.2023 Efficient one-pot complete upcycling of PET-based plastic waste for quantitative(∼15.6 mmol/gPET) and selective production of H2 gas (no CO2 or CO contaminations) with disodium terephthalate (∼5.2 mmol/gPET) and sodium formate (∼9.6 mmol/gPET) is ac...
ArtikelHydrogenation of CO2 to Formate with a Highly Active Solid Ruthenium Phosphinevon Boyu Zhu et al. · 22.09.2023 This paper presented a pioneering attempt to employ knitting aromatic polymers (KAPs) immobilized with RuCl3 as catalysts for formate synthesis. TON as high as 1470000 with an average TOF of 122500 h−1 can be achieved, which are obviously higher tha...
ArtikelBlack Phosphorus as Promoter for Noble Metal‐Free Photocatalytic Hydrogen Productionvon Giacomo Provinciali et al. · 22.09.2023 A new ternary heterostructure namely TiO2/BP/CoP has been developed by an easy scalable procedure. Fine tuning of each component afforded a photocatalytic H2 evolution rate of 7.4 mmol/g ⋅ h, 37 times higher than TiO2. Once BP and CoP are loaded on ...
ArtikelA Co‐Ni‐CM Heterogeneous Catalyst for the Direct Synthesis of Amides from the Oxidative Coupling of Aldehydes with N‐Substituted Formamidesvon Decai Huang et al. · 22.09.2023 Co−Ni-CM catalyst with the high catalytic performance for the oxidative amidation of aldehydes and N-substituted formamides has been synthesized. This protocol features a wide range of aldehydes and N-substituted formamides providing various amides ...
ArtikelHigh‐Temperature Air Synthesis: A Facile Approach to Nitrogen‐Doped, Metal‐Free Carbon Electrocatalystsvon Mohammad Etesami et al. · 22.09.2023 The study introduces air synthesis as an innovative, flexible method for preparing carbon-based electrocatalysts, eliminating the need for an inert atmosphere and allowing heteroatom incorporation depending on the precursor type. Abstract This stu...
ArtikelHighly Selective Alkaline Oxide Promoted Ni/silica for the Production of Cyclohexanol/‐one from Lignin‐Derived Guaiacolvon Nils Kretzschmar et al. · 22.09.2023 The alkaline promoter effect on Ni for selective HDO of lignin, the most abundant yet underutilized renewable resource, is investigated to continuously produce KA-oil, an essential intermediate in the polymer industry. Reaction conditions are optimi...
ArtikelCo‐Catalyzed Hydrosilylation of Ketones under Base‐Free Conditions: A Convenient Route to Silyl Ethers or Secondary Alcoholsvon Hanna Stachowiak‐Dłużyńska et al. · 22.09.2023 Base-free hydrosilylation of ketones mediated by cobalt complexes bearing triazine-based PNP pincer-type ligands is reported. As a result, access to versatile silyl ethers or alcohols is provided efficiently under mild conditions. In addition, the e...
ArtikelLight‐Driven NADPH Cofactor Recycling by Photosystem I for Biocatalytic Reactionsvon Hitesh Medipally et al. · 22.09.2023 Lights on! Illuminated photosystem I, coupled to ferredoxin and ferredoxin reductase, drives continuous NADPH-dependent biocatalytic conversions for asymmetric reductions. Abstract Biocatalytic asymmetric reduction of C=C and C=O bonds is highly a...
Artikel3D Self‐Supported Catalyst with Multiple Active Components for Efficient Neutral Hydrogen Evolution Reactionvon Yonghui Guan et al. · 22.09.2023 An electrochemical etching-hydrothermal-H2 plasma reduction strategy is proposed to prepare a 3D heterostructured catalyst with multiple active components supported on Cu2+1O nanorod array to promote the kinetics of hydrogen evolution reaction (HER)...
ArtikelLipase/H2SO4‐Cocatalyzed Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Alcohols in Pickering Emulsionvon Jihoon Moon et al. · 22.09.2023 Lipase and sulfuric acid were combined to achieve the dynamic kinetic resolution (DKR) of sec-alcohols. Concomitant use of these inherently incompatible catalysts was achieved via phase separation in a Pickering emulsion. Racemization in an acidic a...
ArtikelFront Cover: High‐Temperature Air Synthesis: A Facile Approach to Nitrogen‐Doped, Metal‐Free Carbon Electrocatalysts (ChemCatChem 18/2023)von Mohammad Etesami et al. · 22.09.2023 The Front Cover highlights an ingenious method for synthesizing carbon-based electrocatalysts, eliminating the necessity for an inert atmosphere while offering the flexibility of heteroatom incorporation based on the precursor used. In their Researc...
ArtikelCover Feature: One‐pot Upcycling of Waste Plastics for Selective Hydrogen Production at Low‐Temperature (ChemCatChem 18/2023)von Ankit Kumar et al. · 22.09.2023 The Cover Feature represents the one-pot process for hydrogen production over the catalyst with simultaneous depolymerization of PET to terephthalic acid, which can further be used to synthesise PET. In their Research Article, S. K. Singh and co-wor...
ArtikelThe Role of Metal and Acid Sites in the Liquid‐phase Hydrodeoxygenation of Lignin‐derived Phenolic Dimersvon Raphaela Azevedo et al. · 22.09.2023 Conversion of Lignin-derived Phenolic Dimers over supported catalysts. Abstract Bio-oil obtained from the depolymerization of lignocellulosic biomass is a potential alternative source to replace fossil fuels. However, due to high oxygen content, t...
ArtikelEmergence of Ag as a Catalyst of Choice for Fluorination and Trifluoromethylation Reactionsvon Pradeep Kumar et al. · 22.09.2023 The installation of F/CF3 in the desired compounds is a very challenging task because of its electronegativity and small size. Several catalytic systems were developed for fluorination reaction, while silver catalyst emerged as the most likely used ...
ArtikelRecent Development of External Magnetic Field Assisted Oxygen Evolution Reaction‐A Mini Reviewvon Zihang Feng et al. · 22.09.2023 Hydrogen production by electrolysis of water is a green method, but it is difficult to produce, so it needs to be improved by various methods. It is effective to strengthen OER by using various external fields, and magnetic field stands out because ...
ArtikelRecent Advances in MXenes Based Composites as Photocatalysts: Synthesis, Properties and Photocatalytic Removal of Organic Contaminants from Wastewatervon Narasimharao Kitchamsetti et al. · 22.09.2023 MXene and MXene based composites gained significant attention in recent years as promising photocatalysts for photocatalytic degradation of pollutants. The excellent physical and chemical properties of MXene contribute to the remarkable photodegrada...
ArtikelDynamic Structural Evolution of CeO2 in CuO−CeO2 Catalyst Revealed by In Situ Spectroscopyvon Mei‐Yao Wu et al. · 22.09.2023 The structural evolution of CeO2 in CeO2−CuO catalyst was captured by in situ technique. Under reductive conditions, CeO2 was exposed to the catalyst surface to form an inverse CeOx/Cu interface with a high WGS activity. After the removing of the re...
ArtikelPreparation and Characterization of Hollow CeO2 Nanoparticles for the Efficient Conversion of CO2 into Dimethyl Carbonatevon Lihua Hu et al. · 22.09.2023 Hollow CeO2 nanoparticles mesoporous defects were prepared by a solid template method, and showed good catalytic performance for the conversion of CO2 into DMC owing to its abundant mesoporous defects and high oxygen vacancy concentration. Abstrac...
ArtikelCO2 Hydrogenation to CH3OH over Cu‐Based Catalysts: Primary and Side Reactionsvon Dan Zhao et al. · 22.09.2023 This review systematically analyses recent studies on CO2 hydrogenation to methanol with a focus put on primary and secondary reactions. Thermodynamic aspects, active sites and reaction mechanisms are discussed. We also provide personal views on pos...
ArtikelCatalysts Originating from Tailor‐made Metal Ethylene Glycol Carboxylatesvon Sebastian Scharf et al. · 22.09.2023 Ethylene glycol metal carboxylates are excellent catalyst precursors for heterogeneous reactions, or can directly be applied in homogeneous catalysis. Applications beyond catalysis are presented. Abstract Ethylene glycol metal carboxylates are sui...
ArtikelEfficient Palladium Catalysts: Application and Challenges of Electrocatalytic Hydrodechlorination Technology in Wastewater Treatmentvon Junjing Li et al. · 22.09.2023 This review summarizes the application of palladium catalysts in electrocatalytic hydrodechlorination for the removal of chlorinated organic pollutants. Some strategies for modulating palladium to enhance activity are discussed and future developmen...
ArtikelSystematic in situ Investigation of the Formation of NH3 Cracking Catalysts from Precursor Perovskites ABO3 (A=La,Ca,Sr and B=Fe,Co,Ni) and Their Catalytic Performance.
ArtikelCatalytic Conversion of Cellulose to 5‐Hydroxymethylfurfural: Advancements in Heterogeneous Catalysts and Cutting‐Edge Hydrolysis Strategiesvon Armin Rezayan et al. · 21.09.2023 This review examines the potential of converting cellulose into valuable 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) for sustainable chemical production. Catalyst types, hydrolysis strategies, and reactor systems are explored for their contributions to improving ...
ArtikelSolid‐State Electrolyte‐Based Electrochemical Conversion of Carbon Dioxide: Progress and Opportunitiesvon Annisa Luthfiah et al. · 21.09.2023 Progress and opportunities related to the application of SSEs as central compartments for electrochemical catholyte-free CO2RR have been described, with key parameters such as SSE type, product carrier, ion exchange membrane, and catalyst hydrophili...
ArtikelEnhanced catalytic selectivity in hydrogenation of substituted nitroarenes through hydrogen spillover over sodalite zeolite encapsulated platinum clusters
ArtikelInner‐Sphere Single Electron Transfer in Polynuclear Gold Photocatalysisvon Jie Han et al. · 21.09.2023 Upon photon absorption, polynuclear gold complexes undergo metal-centered excitation, resulting in long-lived triplets with an increasing coordination number. This feature facilitates direct binding with substrates in the inner coordination sphere. ...
ArtikelA Graphene Oxide‐Supported PdCu Catalyst for Enhanced Electrochemical Synthesis of Ammoniavon Zhuangzhuang Liang et al. · 21.09.2023 A PdCu alloy catalyst loaded on a graphene oxide carrier was prepared through a simple liquid phase reduction method which greatly enhanced the catalytic performance with an ammonia yield of 1.62 mg h−1cm−2 and Faradaic efficiency of 38.2 % under th...
ArtikelCoupled Electrochemical Processes as Versatile Route for Converting Waste Substrates into Value Added Chemical Productsvon Christian M. · 21.09.2023 The conversion of waste substrates into value added chemical products is a promising pathway to implement principles of circular economy in chemical industry and replace fossil feedstocks. To overcome the chemical complexity and heterogenous nature ...
ArtikelMelamine Modification of the Carrier Regulating the Performance of PtBi/AC in Heptanol Oxidationvon Xinzheng Ma et al. · 20.09.2023 Heptanol oxidation: Melamine modification of commercial activated carbon can greatly tune the performance of Pt−Bi catalysts in n-heptanol oxidation. C3N4-modified AC favors the formation of PtBi alloy in comparison to N-doped AC, and consequently b...
ArtikelPt Nanoparticles on Beta zeolites for Catalytic Toluene Oxidation: Effect of the Hydroxyl Groups of Beta Zeolite
ArtikelStructural and electronic engineering of Co‐doped Ni3C nanoparticles encapsulated in ultrathin carbon layers for hydrogen evolution reaction
ArtikelSolvent‐free Selective Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohol at Atmospheric Pressure Catalyzed by Pd Nanoparticles Supported on g‐C3N4 Materials with Tunable nitrogen Distributions
ArtikelAlcohol‐Treated Nickel‐Aluminum Catalyst for One‐Step Highly‐Selective Butane‐1,4‐Diol Synthesis from 2‐Butyne‐1,4‐Diol
ArtikelCO2 reforming with ethanol for syngas production over SiO2‐M@CeO2 catalysts (M: Cu,Ni): Impact of active metal
ArtikelThe Catalytic Function of Phosphorus Enriched on the Surface of Vanadium‐based Catalysts in Selective Oxidationsvon Frederik Rüther et al. · 18.09.2023 In this work, the variation of the phosphorus content on the surface of vanadium-based bulk catalysts by atomic layer deposition is used to experimentally unravel its catalytic functionality in the selective oxidation of n-butane. The consecutive co...
ArtikelEnhanced Dry Reforming of Methane Catalysis by Ni at Heterointerfaces between Thin MgAlOx and Bulk ZrO2von Jin Wang et al. · 18.09.2023 The Cover Feature depicts the possible Ni locations on the MgAlOx/ZrO2 support and highlights the superior DRM reaction performance of Ni at the heterointerfacial sites. The catalytic behaviors across these diverse Ni positions are metaphorically re...
ArtikelEnhancing the Hydrodeoxygenation and Isomerization using Re Nanoparticles Decorated on Ni/SAPO‐11 Catalysts for Direct Production of Low‐Cold Flow Diesel from Triglyceridesvon Jirawat Chuseang et al. · 18.09.2023 The Front Cover illustrates an artwork design for showcasing the developed bifunctional NiRe/SAPO-11 catalyst along with “KHON”, the masked dance drama in Thailand. In their Research Article, A. Srifa and co-workers designed the Re nanoparticles dec...
ArtikelPhotoinduced Pyridine N‐oxides Catalyzed Carbon Radical Generation from Alkylboronic Acidsvon Cristina Ascenzi‐Pettenuzzo et al. · 18.09.2023 Photoexcited 4-nitropyridine N-oxide biradical was found to catalyze the carbon radical generation from alkylboronic acids with blue LED irradiation without exogenous photocatalysts. With a wide range of readily available aliphatic boronic acids, in...
ArtikelCombining Ligand Deuteration with Ligand Bulkiness in Non‐Heme Iron Oxidation Catalysis: Enhancing Catalyst Lifetime and Site‐Selectivity
ArtikelElucidating the Role of Oxygen Species in Oxidative Coupling of Methane over Supported MnOx‐Na2WO4‐containing Catalysts
ArtikelEnhanced Cr(VI) Photocatalysis Reduction by Layered N‐doped TiO2 Sheets from Template Free Solvothermal Method
ArtikelPhoto‐induced Desulfurative Processes for Carbon Radical Generationvon Lilian Geniller et al. · 13.09.2023 Photo-initiated desulfurization of sulfur-containing derivatives such as, native thiols, thioethers, sulfonium salts and xanthates, allows the generation of carbon-based radicals that can be coupled with various partners providing access to a wide r...
ArtikelSelective dehydrogenation of formic acid catalyzed by air‐stable cuboidal PN molybdenum sulfide clusters
ArtikelInteraction and Energy Decomposition Analyses to Predict Stability of Tetraaryl Square Planar Cobalt Complexesvon Manting Mu et al. · 12.09.2023 A tetraaryl Co(II) square planar complex was recently reported via sodium-mediated cobaltation of pentafluorobenzene, while analogue structures with other ortho-substituted arenes remained elusive. Through a combination of DFT calculations, electron...
ArtikelSupercritical CO2 Mediated Multi‐scale Structural Engineering in PdCu/C for Boosting Electrocatalytic Formic Acid Oxidationvon Tianpei Ge et al. · 12.09.2023 We found that supercritical carbon dioxide could mediate multi-scale structure engineering in PdCu/C nanocatalysts, including defect engineering, phase engineering, morphology engineering and substrate engineering. The achieved PdCu/C with amorphous...
ArtikelWhy The Perfectly Symmetric Cobalt‐Pentapyridyl Loses the H2 Production Challenge: Theoretical Insight into Reaction Mechanism and Reduction Free Energies
ArtikelSynergistic mechanism of 0D internal and surface defects regulation coupled with pyroelectric effects for optimizing the photoelectrocatalytic properties of CdS
ArtikelA Dinuclear Re Complex as a Multi Talent – Photocatalysis and Electrocatalysis combined with Spectroscopyvon Martin Obermeier et al. · 11.09.2023 The synthesis and characterization of two isomers of a homobimetallic rhenium complex is reported. The photo- as well as electrocatalytic activity in the CO2 to CO transformation was determined and discussed in comparison to the monometallic analogu...
ArtikelDeciphering Enzyme Mechanisms with Engineered Ancestors and Substrate Analoguesvon Tadeja Gao. et al. · 08.09.2023 Many known enzymes sample huge protein conformational space, hampering structural characterization by X-ray crystallography, and preventing thus the understanding of their catalytic mechanisms. In this review, we outline that the combination of reco...
ArtikelDesilicated ZSM‐5 Catalysts: Properties and Ethanol to Aromatics (ETA) Performancevon Daniel Dittmann et al. · 08.09.2023 Desilication is identified as valuable tool for increasing the lifetime of ZSM-5 catalysts used in the ethanol-to-aromatic conversion. A thorough solid-state NMR characterization enables disentangling the influence of changes in Si(OH) group density...
ArtikelExpanding the Substrate Scope of N‐ and O‐Methyltransferases from Plants for Chemoselective Alkylation von Emely Jockmann et al. · 08.09.2023 Chemoselective S-adenosyl-l-methionine (SAM)-dependent methyltransferases (MTs) are a promising alternative to traditional synthetic methylation reactions. In presence of multiple nucleophiles, the enzymatic transfer of the carbon fragment is highly...
ArtikelFrom a Batch to a Continuous Supported Ionic Liquid Phase (SILP) Process: Anhydrous Synthesis of Oxymethylene Dimethyl Ethers
ArtikelManganese‐catalyzed Dehydrogenation of Amido Alcohols through Liberation of Hydrogen for the Synthesis of Oxazoles
ArtikelSynergistic Effect Enhancing Baeyer‐Villiger Oxidation Performance of Resin‐Derived‐Carbon Supported FeCe Bimetallic Catalystvon Mengyang Liu et al. · 07.09.2023 Benefiting from the synergistic effect of supported bimetallic CeFe which induces higher metal dispersion and higher content of reactive oxygen, and the buffering effect of resin-derived-carbon on free radicals, the aerobic oxidation of cyclohexanon...
ArtikelEngineering an O‐methyltransferase for the Regioselective Biosynthesis of Hesperetin Dihydrochalconevon Andreas Kunzendorf et al. · 07.09.2023 Engineering enhanced regioselectivity: Directed evolution of an O-methyltransferase resulted in variants with increased regioselectivity for the para-methylation of dihydrochalcones and related catecholic compounds (regioisomeric ratio up to 99 : 1)...
ArtikelMacrocyclization of Dienes Under Confinement With Cationic Tungsten Imido/Oxo Alkylidene N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes
ArtikelTowards the Operational Window for Nitridic and Carbidic Palladium Nanoparticles for Directed Catalysis
ArtikelHomogeneous Iron‐Catalysed Oxidation Of Non‐Activated Alkanes With Hydrogen Peroxidevon Shuxin Mao et al. · 06.09.2023 A novel synthetic protocol for the direct oxidation of alkanes, including cyclic and linear ones, to give ketones and alcohols using hydrogen peroxide as terminal oxidant under ambient conditions is presented. The active catalyst for this challengin...
ArtikelBinuclear and Mononuclear Aluminum Complexes as Quick and Controlled Initiators of Well‐ordered ROP of Cyclic Esters
ArtikelElectrochemical C‐N Coupling on Tri‐metallic Mo‐doped Graphdiyne towards Efficient Urea Synthesis
ArtikelMetal‐Catalyzed Carbonylation Reactions with CO2: An Updatevon Riccardo Giovanelli et al. · 05.09.2023 Catalytic carbonylation with CO2 : The latest updates on C1-carbonylative homologation of carbon scaffolds by means of metal catalyzed fixation of CO2 are collected in the present Review article. Innovative catalytic systems, enabling technologies a...
ArtikelAn Overview of α‐Aminoalkyl Radical Mediated Halogen‐Atom Transfervon Krishnakumar Sachidanandan et al. · 05.09.2023 Halogen-atom-transfer (XAT) processes have revolutionized the use of ubiquitous halide reagents in organic chemistry. This mini-review focuses on recent C−C bond forming reactions that have exploited α-aminoalkyl radicals as metal-free XAT procedure...
ArtikelUnlocking New Prenylation Modes: Azaindoles as a New Substrate Class for Indole Prenyltransferasesvon Eric D. et al. · 05.09.2023 Enzyme catalysis: Five isomers of aza-tryptophan and the corresponding series of cyclic Aza-tryptophan-proline dipeptides were tested as unnatural substrates for three well-known indole-prenylating enzymes, FgaPT2, CdpNPT, and FtmPT1. Most substrate...
ArtikelSystematic Search for Thermal Decomposition Pathways of Formic Acid on Anatase TiO2 (101) Surface von Hitoshi Nabata et al. · 05.09.2023 The mechanism governing the temperature dependence of the dissociation products in the thermal decomposition of formic acid on the anatase TiO2(101) surface is identified by systematically and automatically exploring reaction path networks for clean...
ArtikelConstruction of Rings via Metal‐Catalyzed C−H Annulation with Unsymmetrical Internal Alkynes: Selectivity and Applicationsvon Qiaoya Zhang et al. · 04.09.2023 C−H annulation with alkynes has been demonstrated to be one powerful strategy for the expedient construction of ring systems, while the use of unsymmetrical alkynes often led to elusive regioselectivity. Herein, we summarized recent exploration of t...
ArtikelRecent Advances in Visible Light‐induced Asymmetric Transformations of Carbonyl Compounds into Chiral Alcoholsvon Liuzhen Hou et al. · 04.09.2023 This review provides the overview of the fundamental concepts on ketone properties, and summarizes the recent advances of visible light-induced asymmetric reactions of carbonyl compounds for synthesizing chiral alcohols, which are introduced by the ...
ArtikelPeptide‐based Organocatalyst on Stage: Functionalizing Mesoporous Silica by Tetrazine‐Norbornene Ligationvon Raoul D. et al. · 04.09.2023 Tetrazine-Norbornene ligation through inverse electron-demand Diels-Alder reaction has been employed as a novel strategy to immobilize a peptide-based catalyst onto different mesoporous silica supports. Functionalized silica monoliths as well as sil...
ArtikelIndustrially Promising β‐Ni(OH)2 Nanosheets Self‐supported Electrode for Highly Efficient Electrooxidation of 5‐Hydroxymethylfurfural
ArtikelPd/HAP Catalyzed Synthesis of Adipic Acid from 1,6‐Hexanediol under Aerial Base‐free Conditionsvon Bhanu Priya et al. · 01.09.2023 We explored Pd/hydroxyapatite (Pd/HAP) catalyst for the selective aerial oxidation of biomass derived 1,6-hexanediol (HDO) to adipic acid (AA) at 70 °C in water under base-free conditions using air as an oxidant, where the basicity of support played...
ArtikelCooperative Bimetallic Co−Mn Catalyst: Exploiting Metallo‐Organic and Hydrogen Bonded Interactions for Rechargeable C‐/N‐Alkylationvon Manohar Shivaji et al. · 01.09.2023 Disclosed, herein, a flexible multidentate ligand (L) for Co/Mn-based supramolecular materials, serving as a reusable catalyst for C-/N-alkylation of alcohols with higher reaction efficiency and selectivity compared to individual components via its ...
ArtikelSelective Anthracene Photooxidation over Titania‐supported Single Atom Catalystsvon Martijn J. et al. · 01.09.2023 Dim the lights: Single-atom Pt/TiO2 sites catalyse the photooxidation of anthracene even below the titania band gap. Abstract Single-atom catalysts (SACs) often show exceptionally high performance per metal loading. Besides benefiting from a bette...
ArtikelSelective Excitation of Pd‐decorated Titania Enables Consecutive C‐C Couplings and Hydrogenations under Ambient Conditions
ArtikelDefect‐induced synthesis of highly dispersed hydroxyapatite‐supported vanadium oxide for the oxidative dehydrogenation of cyclohexane
ArtikelTime‐resolved DRIFT Spectroscopy Study of Carbonaceous Intermediates during the Water Gas Shift Reaction over Au/Ceria Catalystvon Julia Vecchietti et al. · 31.08.2023 Modulated experiments (MES-PSD) by diffuse reflectance infrared (DRIFT) spectroscopy allowed identification of carboxyl species as a key intermediate during WGS reaction over Au/CeO2 catalyst. Abstract ChemCatChem homepage for more articles in the...
ArtikelEnhanced laccase activity and stability as crosslinked enzyme aggregates on magnetic copper ferrite nanoparticles for biotechnological processes
ArtikelExpanding the Genetic Code: Incorporation of Functional Secondary Amines via Stop Codon Suppression
ArtikelChemoenzymatic Synthesis of Chiral Building Blocks Based on the Kinetic Resolution of Glycerol‐Derived Cyclic Carbonatesvon Constanza Terazzi et al. · 31.08.2023 Pig Liver Esterase and Novozym® 435 showed good selectivity for the enzymatic kinetic resolution of cyclic carbonates. Several glycerol-derived carbonates were converted reaching er values of up to 99 : 1. Scalability of the reaction and recyclabili...
ArtikelEnhanced Plasmonic Hot Electron Transfer on Aucore‐Agshell Nanoparticles under Visible‐Light Irradiationvon Ying Wang et al. · 31.08.2023 Plasmonic photocatalysis: A boosting hot-electron-hole separation driven by interfacial contact potential enables high photocatalytic activity on Aucore-Agshell bimetallic nanoparticles towards the four-electron reduction of 4-NTP to 4,4′-DMAB. Ab...
ArtikelInvestigating the Dynamics of Pt/CeO2 Catalysts at the Powder Agglomerate Scale by Combining In Situ Hyperspectral Raman Imaging and SEM‐EDX Analysisvon Clément Molinet‐Chinaglia et al. · 29.08.2023 A methodology combining EDX analysis and in situ microRaman hyperspectral images has been performed on a mechanical mixture of Pt/CeO2 and CeO2 to follow Pt intergranular diffusion during redox treatments. Although platinum diffusion occurs on cryst...
ArtikelTandem Conversion of Fructose to Bio‐diketones Using a Multifunctional Pd‐POPs‐CF3SO3H Catalyst
ArtikelRecent Advances in Nickel‐Catalyzed Synthesis of Allenes: New Insights and Perspectivesvon Xiaopan Liu et al. · 28.08.2023 Allenes are valuable and versatile building blocks in organic chemistry. Numerous elegant transformations based on the catalytic synthesis of allenes have been established. This review mainly focuses on the recent advancements in nickel-catalyzed sy...
ArtikelFirst‐Principles Microkinetic Study of the Catalytic Hydrodeoxygenation of Guaiacol on Transition Metal Surfacesvon Fabian Morteo‐Flores et al. · 28.08.2023 Catalytic Hydrodeoxygenation of Guaiacol: By constructing a first-principles microkinetic model from over 300 DFT models of the intermediates, we report that guaiacol HDO exhibits highly desirable deoxygenation and hydrogenation kinetics over Ni(111...
ArtikelAu(III) π‐Allyl Complexes: Synthesis, Structure, Reactivity, and Catalytic Applicationsvon David Vesseur et al. · 28.08.2023 Au(III) π-allyl complexes have recently been shown to be readily accessible and stable, as well as highly reactive towards nucleophiles, including in catalytic transformations. They display structural features and reactivity profiles that differ not...
ArtikelIron cobalt phosphonate derived heteroatom doped metal oxides as superior electrocatalysts for water oxidation reaction
ArtikelAmmonia Synthesis by Mechanochemistryvon Federico Cuccu et al. · 25.08.2023 The manufacture of ammonia is a technologically well developed field. The application of mechanochemistry for the preparation of ammonia has been realized over the past few years and may offer new opportunities for consideration. Here we highlight a...
ArtikelDehydration of Amides by Redox‐Active Phenalenyl Based Mn‐Catalystvon Soumi Chakraborty et al. · 25.08.2023 A Mn-complex bearing redox-active phenalenyl (PLY) ligand can undergo three successive reductions to generate an active catalyst consisting of ligand-centered radical, which plays the key role in activating inert PMHS for silylative dehydration of a...
ArtikelDevelopment and Up‐scaling of Iron‐based Catalysts for Fischer‐Tropsch Synthesis of Higher Alcoholsvon Maximilian Medicus et al. · 25.08.2023 Sustainable higher alcohol production via Fischer-Tropsch synthesis: Syngas derived from biomass, CO2, H2O and renewable energy is going to be a centerpiece in sustainable production of fuels and chemicals. Especially, in decentralized plants high-m...
ArtikelPalladium Nanoparticles Supported on Porous Silica Materials as Heterogeneous Catalysts of C−C Coupling and Cross‐Coupling Reactionsvon Ágnes Mastalir et al. · 24.08.2023 Palladium nanoparticles immobilized on porous silica materials have been demonstrated to be efficient heterogeneous catalysts in various coupling and cross-coupling reactions. Utilized in combination with suitable ligands or under ligand-free condit...
ArtikelAl‐Ce Intermetallic Phase for Ambient High‐Performance Electrocatalytic Reduction of Nitrate to Ammoniavon Junyan Ge et al. · 24.08.2023 Here, nanoporous Al11Ce3 intermetallic phase has been designed for efficiently catalyzing nitrate reduction and Zn−NO3 − battery, which realizes notable high NH3 yield rate and electricity output. Abstract The conversion of NO3 −-to-NH3 by electro...
ArtikelHighly Efficient Base Catalyzed N‐alkylation of Amines with Alcohols and β‐Alkylation of Secondary Alcohols with Primary Alcoholsvon Nitish K. et al. · 23.08.2023 Here we report that two very important catalytic transformations i. e., N-alkylation of amines with alcohols and β-alkylation of secondary alcohols with primary alcohols that is generally carried out with transition metal-based catalysts can be perf...
ArtikelDynamic Change of Rh Oxidation State During Lean‐Rich Perturbation and Light‐Off of Three‐Way Catalysis Analysed using In Situ Diffuse Reflectance UV‐vis Spectroscopyvon Ayumi Fujiwara et al. · 23.08.2023 In Situ DRS Analysis of Rh in Three-Way Catalysts: The Rh redox in TWCs was studied using time-resolved in situ diffuse reflectance UV-vis spectroscopy in different modes with air-to-fuel ratio (A/F) step, A/F perturbation, and temperature ramp...
ArtikelTwo‐Dimensional Amorphous Iridium Oxide for Acidic Oxygen Evolution Reactionvon Hao Yu et al. · 23.08.2023 Amorphous iridium oxide (Am−IrO2) nanosheets were successfully synthesized by the mixed molten salt method, which reaches the ultralow overpotential of 230 mV at 10 mA cm−2. DFT theoretical calculations indicate that origin of oxygen defects promote...
ArtikelIntermetallic Rh3Sn2 Catalysts for Selective Hydrogenation of Functionalized Nitroarenes to Aromatic Ammoniavon Lu‐Jie Zuo et al. · 22.08.2023 Structurally ordered Rh3Sn2 intermetallic catalysts with a high selectivity of 95.1 % in the hydrogenation of 4-nitrostyrene to 4-aminostyrene were reported. Density functional theory calculation reveals that the Sn atoms assisted the adsorption of ...
ArtikelStructure‐Property Relationship of Double Perovskite Oxide towards Trifunctional Electrocatalytic Activity: Strategy for Designing and Development
ArtikelBiocatalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of (S)‐1‐[3,5‐bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]ethanol by an Immobilized KRED in Batch and Flow Conditionsvon Daria Armani et al. · 18.08.2023 A commercial KRED has been immobilized and successfully used as biocatalyst in the asymmetric synthesis of (S)-1-(3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-ethanol (BTPE), an important intermediate for APIs synthesis. The biotransformations were performed und...
ArtikelAn InOx Surface Enrichment on the Cu Nanoparticles for the Methanol Steam Reformingvon Deyong Kong et al. · 17.08.2023 This work reports the surface enrichment of InOx on Cu nanoparticles suppresses both the dehydrogenation of *CH3O and the dissociation of H2O, ultimately leading to a reduction in methanol steam reforming catalytic activity. Abstract In the realm ...
ArtikelMechanistic Elucidation of a Radical‐Promoted Hydrogenation Relevant to Borrowing Hydrogen Catalysisvon Amreen K. et al. · 17.08.2023 Mechanistic investigation: A redox-active azophenolate ligand supported Ni complex has been shown to be instrumental towards olefin hydrogenation following an unconventional pathway. Detailed mechanistic investigation reveals the ligand-radical prom...
ArtikelFirst‐principles Assessment of the Role of Water in the Reduction Half Cycle of Low‐Temperature NH3‐SCR over Cu‐CHAvon Gabriele Contaldo et al. · 16.08.2023 Dispersive corrected DFT calculations show that the presence of H2O in the Reduction Half-Cycle of NH3-SCR over Cu-CHA affects the free energy of the kinetically-relevant TS by means of enthalpic stabilization and additional entropy losses brought f...
ArtikelBifunctional Activation of NHC‐Zinc Pre‐Catalyst for Effective Hydroboration of Quinolines and Nitrilesvon Saeed Ataie et al. · 16.08.2023 Small NHC-ligated zinc dihydride complex, generated in situ from a stable coordination complex using bifunctional catalyst activation, serves as a highly efficient catalyst for quinoline hydroboration, giving 2,000 turnovers in 2.5 h at room tempera...
ArtikelThe Role of Water in Carbon Dioxide Adsorption in Porphyrinic Metal‐Organic Frameworksvon Bettina Baumgartner et al. · 08.08.2023 MOFs combined with photochemistry for CO2 photoreduction have great potential for addressing the challenge of reducing CO2 emissions. Herein, a combined visible-infrared spectroscopic approach is reported to study the initial step of CO2 photoreduct...
ArtikelAtomistic Distribution of Iron and Copper in Coordination Metallopolymer for Highly Efficient and Stable Hydrogen Evolution in Protic Mediavon Prashanth Vishwa et al. · 07.08.2023 Triazine-based metallopolymer electrocatalyst: Sulfur and nitrogen-rich functional triazine trithiolate ligands for robust and cross-linked coordination of binary metal ions (Fe and Cu). Chemically immobilized electrocatalytic thin film is stable in...
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