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Outer-Coordination-Sphere Interaction in a Molecular Iron Catalyst Allows Selective Methane Production from Carbon Monoxide ACS Catal. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 Suman Patra, Sarmistha Bhunia, Soumili Ghosh, Abhishek Dey
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Hexavalent Metal Cations Doped into Ceria Inducing the Formation of Binuclear Sites Ce3+–O–Ce3+ to Boost the NH3-SCR Reaction ACS Catal. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 Shan Yang, Xiaoyue Zhu, Shurui Chen, Xuechen Zhu, Hao Liu, Jianjun Chen, Dezhan Chen, Chuanzhi Sun, Junhua Li
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S-Scheme Heterojunction/Single-Atom Dual-Driven Charge Transport for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production ACS Catal. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 Huaxing Li, Rongjie Li, Yannan Jing, Bowen Liu, Quanlong Xu, Ting Tan, Gang Liu, Lirong Zheng, Li-Zhu Wu
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Enantioselective [2+2] Cross-Photocycloaddition Enabled by a Chiral Cage Reactor via Multilevel-Selectivity Control ACS Catal. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 Jia Ruan, Zhongshu Li, Changzhen Yin, Yu-Lin Lu, Zhang-Wen Wei, Peng Hu, Cheng-Yong Su
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Remarkable Synergy Effect of Cu–Nb Oxide Nanorods toward Electrocatalytic Nitrogen Reduction: The Enhanced Mass and Electron Transfer ACS Catal. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 Shuyue Wang, Chao Qian, Xinzhi Chen, Shaodong Zhou
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Biogenic Manganese Oxide Synthesized by a Marine Bacterial Multicopper Oxidase MnxG Reveals Oxygen Evolution Activity ACS Catal. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Wen Fu, Forrest P. Hyler, Joel Sanchez, Thomas F. Jaramillo, Jesús M. Velázquez, Lizhi Tao, R. David Britt
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Iridium-Catalyzed Regiodivergent Atroposelective C–H Alkylation of Heterobiaryls with Alkenes ACS Catal. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Maoqian Xiong, Zilong Yan, Si-Cong Chen, Jie Tang, Fan Yang, Dong Xing
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Efficient Access to Enantioenriched gem-Difluorinated Heterocycles via Silver-Catalyzed Asymmetric Cycloaddition Reaction ACS Catal. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Jun Liu, Lijun Xu, Xiaolong Yu, Meijuan Zhou, Hongyu Wang, Gang Zhao
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Local Magnetic Effect-Induced Electron Configuration Regulation: Spin Flipping of Iron Centers for Molecular Catalysis ACS Catal. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Yue Yu, Jinlei Shi, Minhan Li, Leran Li, Jinsong Hu, Shunfang Li, Jia-Nan Zhang
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Influence of Water on the Catalytic Oxidation of Ethane on IrO2(110) ACS Catal. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Jovenal Jamir, Connor Pope, Suriya Ramasubramanian, Vikram Mehar, Junjie Shi, Jason F. Weaver
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Correction to “Reductive Enzyme Cascades for Valorization of Polyethylene Terephthalate Deconstruction Products” ACS Catal. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Madan R. Gopal, Roman M. Dickey, Neil D. Butler, Michael R. Talley, Daniel T. Nakamura, Ashlesha Mohapatra, Mary P. Watson, Wilfred Chen, Aditya M. Kunjapur
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Performance evaluation and multidisciplinary analysis of catalytic fixation reactions by material–microbe hybrids Nat. Catal. (IF 37.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Xun Guan, Yongchao Xie, Chong Liu
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Optimizing methanol synthesis from CO2 hydrogenation over inverse Zr-Cu catalyst Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Maolin Wang, Yao Xu, Haoyi Tang, Shuheng Tian, Lingzhen Zeng, Haoyu Li, Congyi Wu, Zhibiao Hu, Min Su, Heng Zheng, Meng Wang, Ding Ma
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Selectivity Switch in Non‐Directed Palladium‐Catalyzed C‐H Olefination of Chlorobenzene Derivatives Adv. Synth. Catal. (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 Jeanne Fichez, Maria Ivana Lapuh, Lina Truong, Hassan Oulyadi, Floris Buttard, Tatiana Besset
A palladium(II)‐catalyzed oxidative C‐H olefination of chlorobenzene derivatives, which favored the functionalization at the ortho‐to‐chlorine position, was reported. The catalytic system employed a commercially available quinoline ligand to access a wide panel of olefinated aryl chlorides in moderate to high yields from feedstock chemicals (42 examples, 28 to 93% yields). The synthetic utility of
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Ambiphilic Reactivity of SF5‐Alkynes Applied to Regioselective and Stereodivergent Halogenation Reactions: An Experimental and Theoretical Case Study Adv. Synth. Catal. (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 David Matchavariani, Lucas Popek, Jorge Juan Cabrera Trujillo, Thi Mo Nguyen, Nicolas Blanchard, Karinne Miqueu, Dominique Cahard, Vincent Bizet
We explored the ambiphilic reactivity of SF5‐alkynes, and we proved they can act as both nucleophiles and electrophiles. We selected halogenation reactions as benchmark reactions and developed highly selective stereodivergent hydrohalogenation (I, Br, Cl, F) reactions of SF5‐alkynes. The stereochemistry is finely controlled thanks to the nature of the acids used (strong or soft) in the presence of
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Iron‐Catalyzed C–C and C–N Bond‐Forming Tandem Amidation Offering Access to 3‐Amino‐3‐Aminomethyl‐2‐Oxindole Frameworks Adv. Synth. Catal. (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 Shidheshwar Ankade, Chandini Pradhan, Pragnya Samal, Rajesh Gonnade, Sailaja Krishnamurty, Benudhar Punji
An iron‐catalyzed protocol for the synthesis of 3‐amino‐3‐aminomethyl‐2‐oxindole heterocyclic structures is disclosed employing isatins and non‐nucleophilic N‐methoxybenzamides. This reaction class is associated with broad scope and tolerates numerous functionalities, such as fluoro, chloro, bromo, iodo, trifluoromethyl, nitrile, ester, ether, and alkenyl, including heteroaryl ‐ thiophene, benzothiophene
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Pd(II)-Catalyzed Enantioselective C(sp3)–H Arylation toward P-Stereogenic Dialkylphosphinamides ACS Catal. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Chen-Yue Wang, Tao Zhou, Bing-Feng Shi
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Multistep Quenching of a Rust-Derived Catalyst for Enhanced Volatile Organic Compound Catalytic Oxidation ACS Catal. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Yanan Chong, Tingyu Chen, Biao Zhou, Yifei Li, Wei-Hsiang Huang, Chi-Liang Chen, Jiake Wei, Keyou Yan, Yongcai Qiu, Guangxu Chen, Daiqi Ye
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Electric Fields Are a Key Determinant of Carbapenemase Activity in Class A β-Lactamases ACS Catal. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Hira Jabeen, Michael Beer, James Spencer, Marc W. van der Kamp, H. Adrian Bunzel, Adrian J. Mulholland
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Kinetic Insights into a Surface-Designed Au1@Pt8/CeO2 Catalyst in the Base-Free Oxidation of Biomass-Derived Tetrahydrofuran-2,5-dimethanol ACS Catal. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Enhui Du, Panpan Hao, Jie Yang, Liyuan Huai, Guoxin Chen, Chunlin Chen, Jian Zhang
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Mechanism of Hydrogen Spillover on Metal-Doped Carbon Materials: Surface Carboxylic Groups Are Key ACS Catal. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Javier Navarro-Ruiz, Jérémy Audevard, Mathieu Vidal, Cristian H. Campos, Iker Del Rosal, Philippe Serp, Iann C. Gerber
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Mechanistic Origin of Ligand Effects on Exhaustive Functionalization During Pd-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Dihaloarenes ACS Catal. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Nathaniel G. Larson, Jacob P. Norman, Sharon R. Neufeldt
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Solvent-Free Hydroxylation of Unactivated C–H Bonds in Small Molecules and Macromolecules by a Fe Complex ACS Catal. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Debasmita Chatterjee, Amritha Sajeevan, Sandipan Jana, Rajkumar S. Birajdar, Samir H. Chikkali, Swaminathan Sivaram, Sayam Sen Gupta
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Remote Activation of H–H Bonds by Platinum in Dilute Alloy Catalysts ACS Catal. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Tongxin Han, Yuanyuan Li, Tao Wu, Debora Motta Meira, Shuting Xiang, Yueqiang Cao, Ilkeun Lee, Xing-Gui Zhou, De-en Jiang, Anatoly I. Frenkel, Francisco Zaera
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Boosting N-Heterocyclic Carbene Radical Organocatalysis with Nickel Chemistry: A Rational Mechanistic Study-Based Approach ACS Catal. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Ludivine Delfau, Elena Mauro, Jacques Pecaut, David Martin, Eder Tomás-Mendivil
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Revealing the Dynamics of Oxygen Vacancy in ZnO1–x/Cu during Robust Methanol Synthesis from CO2 ACS Catal. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Fanxing Zhang, Boyang Li, Xu Quan, Ke Wang, Jiaye Xu, Tiantian Wu, Zhenglong Li, Mi Yan, Shoujie Liu, Yi He, Yao Shi, Yaqiong Su, Pengfei Xie
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Enhancing the Imine Reductase Activity of a Promiscuous Glucose Dehydrogenase for Scalable Manufacturing of a Chiral Neprilysin Inhibitor Precursor ACS Catal. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Xiang Yi, Florian Kleinbeck, Charlene Ching, Lorita Boghospor, Sandy Gomes, Oscar Alvizo, Thomas Allmendinger, Jason Fell, Nandhitha Subramanian, Michelle Li, Ravi Garcia, James Riggins, David Entwistle, Yvonne Richter, Daniel Gschwend, Liam Lauener, Thomas S. Peat, Hélène Lebhar, Thierry Schlama, Thomas Ruch
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Revealing the Interaction between Cu and MgO in Cu/MgO Catalysts for CO Hydrogenation to CH3OH ACS Catal. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Wenqi Liu, Shanshan Dang, Sifan Cheng, Zhenzhou Zhang, Xiaoya Ding, Yanling Shi, Pengchao Ren, Weifeng Tu, Yi-Fan Han
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Rhenium in Heterogeneous Catalysis: A Rising Star for Hydrogenation Reactions ACS Catal. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Jingjie Luo, Changhai Liang
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Tuning Acid-Metal Synergy in m-Cresol Hydrodeoxygenation over Bifunctional Pt/Aluminosilicate Catalysts ACS Catal. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 James A. Hunns, Lee J. Durndell, Xingguang Zhang, Muxina Konarova, Adam F. Lee, Karen Wilson
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Multifunctional Glucose Dehydrogenase Enabled Synthesis of Chiral-Bridged Bicyclic Nitrogen Heterocycles ACS Catal. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Guangde Jiang, Jingxia Lu, Megan Zhou, Wesley Harrison, Huimin Zhao
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Highly Efficient Layered Double Hydroxide-Derived Bimetallic Cu–Co Alloy Catalysts for the Reverse Water–Gas Shift Reaction ACS Catal. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Kwang Young Kim, Wonsik Jang, Woo Jin Byun, Ji Young Lee, Miri Kim, Ju Hyeong Lee, Geun Bae Rhim, Min Hye Youn, Dong Hyun Chun, Seok Ki Kim, Seungho Cho, Jae Sung Lee
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Overcoming Pd Catalyst Deactivation in the C–H Coupling of Tryptophan Residues in Water Using Air as the Oxidant ACS Catal. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Igor Beckers, Christophe Vos, Hendrik Van Dessel, Aline Lauwers, Wouter Stuyck, Oleg Usoltsev, Alina Skorynina, Aram Bugaev, Dirk De Vos
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Cyclic(alkyl)(amino)carbene-Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles for Selective CO2 Reduction ACS Catal. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Moushakhi Ghosh, Paramita Saha, Sumit Roy, Sudip Barman, Pramod Pillai, Abhishek Dey, Shabana Khan
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Catalytic Bias and Redox-Driven Inactivation of the Group B FeFe Hydrogenase CpIII ACS Catal. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Andrea Fasano, Aurore Jacq-Bailly, Jeremy Wozniak, Vincent Fourmond, Christophe Léger
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Three‐Component Palladium‐Catalyzed Tandem Suzuki‐Miyaura/Allylic Substitution: A Regioselective Synthesis of (2‐Arylallyl) Aryl Sulfones Adv. Synth. Catal. (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Marina Bellido, Martí Garçon, Xavier Verdaguer, Antoni Riera
A one‐pot Pd‐catalyzed tandem process to prepare (2‐arylallyl) aryl sulfones has been developed. This strategy is based on the modular assembly of a boronic acid, a sodium sulfinate and 2‐bromoallyl acetate. The reaction is completely regioselective towards the terminal alkene, yielding (2‐arylallyl) aryl (or alkyl) sulfones with yields ranging from 56 to 93%. Control experiments together with DFT
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Synthesis of N,N‐Disubstituted Hydrazines by Electrocatalytic Addition of Hydrazines to α,β‐Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds Adv. Synth. Catal. (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Qingyu Xu, Chengwei Zhang, Hang Xu, Changying Zheng, Yue Li, Sen Xu, Xiaoquan Yao
A strategy for the synthesis of N,N‐disubstituted hydrazines via the electrocatalytic addition of hydrazine to α,β‐unsaturated carbonyl compounds is reported. The reaction was carried out under constant current electrolytic conditions in an undivided cell. Using this methodology, various N,N‐disubstituted hydrazines are prepared with 57‐94% yields in 40 min. By adding cyclohexanone and acetic acid
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Phospholanes via twofold C‐H‐addition to phospholes Adv. Synth. Catal. (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Katharina Getfert, Fabian Roesler, Clemens Bruhn, Rudolf Pietschnig
. A synthetic route towards phospholanes via twofold C‐H‐addition of a DMSO molecule to β‐H substituted phospholes is described. The resulting fused phospholane oxothiolane system in case of symmetric α‐substitution possesses four stereogenic centers or rather six in case of asymmetric α‐substitution. The reaction conditions are shown to be applicable for a variety of phospholes with different P‐ or
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Multicomponent Heteroarylphosphorothiolation of Alkenes for Accessing β‐Phosphorothiolated Quinoxalinones Adv. Synth. Catal. (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Sha Peng, Li-Hua Yang, Xiang-Qin Xu, Long-Yong Xie
Herein, we present a (NH4)2S2O8 mediated difunctionalization reaction of aryl alkenes with quinoxalinones and P(O)SH compounds. This method enables the synthesis of various phosphorothioate‐containing quinoxalin‐2(1H)‐one derivatives (46 examples) in 37‐79% yields. The reaction is compatible with a range of functional groups and is easily adaptable to large‐scale synthesis. Preliminary studies suggest
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Selective Hydrosilylation and Hydroboration of Allenes Catalyzed by Cobalt‐Pincer Complexes Adv. Synth. Catal. (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Dariusz Lewandowski, Grzegorz Hreczycho
. Achieving precise control over regioselectivity and stereoselectivity in the hydroelementation of terminal allenes presents a formidable challenge. Despite the existence of various catalytic methods for their functionalization, this entire class of reactions remains significantly underdeveloped and demands extensive research. Here, we report a method for the hydroelementation of allenes using inexpensive
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A general strategy for the amination of electron-rich and electron-poor heteroaromatics by desaturative catalysis Nat. Catal. (IF 37.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Javier Corpas, Henry P. Caldora, Ester Maria Di Tommaso, Augusto César Hernandez-Perez, Oliver Turner, Luis Miguel Azofra, Alessandro Ruffoni, Daniele Leonori
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Embracing data science in catalysis research Nat. Catal. (IF 37.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Manu Suvarna, Javier Pérez-Ramírez
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A synthetic methylotrophic Escherichia coli as a chassis for bioproduction from methanol Nat. Catal. (IF 37.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Michael A. Reiter, Timothy Bradley, Lars A. Büchel, Philipp Keller, Emese Hegedis, Thomas Gassler, Julia A. Vorholt
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In situ probes into the structural changes and active state evolution of a highly selective iron-based CO2 reduction photocatalyst Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Feysal M. Ali, Abdelaziz Gouda, Paul N. Duchesne, Mohamad Hmadeh, Paul G. O’Brien, Abhinav Mohan, Mireille Ghoussoub, Athanasios A. Tountas, Hussameldin Ibrahim, Doug D. Perovic, Geoffrey A. Ozin
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Access to γ‐Iodo‐gem‐Diborylated Cyclopentanes and to Bicyclic Cyclopropanes Adv. Synth. Catal. (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Dace Cirule, Fabrice Dénès, Philippe Renaud
A formal atom transfer radical [3+2] annulation (ATRAn) reaction between different homoallyl radical precursors and 1,1‐diborylethene was developed. It provides a rapid access to polysubstituted cyclopentanes containing a gem‐diboronic ester moiety. The synthetic utility of theses uniquely functionalized 5‐membered rings is highlighted by their easy conversion to attractive borylated building blocks
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Recent Advances in the Use of α‐Azidochalcones in Heterocycle Synthesis Adv. Synth. Catal. (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Uma Devi Newar, Dhruba Jyoti Boruah, Ram Maurya
α‐Azidochalcones have emerged as remarkably versatile precursors within organic azides, showcasing a broad spectrum of reactivity as a cornerstone for synthesizing diverse molecular scaffolds. The ongoing progress in this field has opened new opportunities for constructing complex organic molecules through diverse chemical transformations due to the versatile reactivity of α‐azidochalcones for further
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Synthesis of bridged bicyclic systems peri‐annulated to the indole ring: tropane‐fused indoles Adv. Synth. Catal. (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Sergey Antropov, Sofiya Tokmacheva, Irina Levina, Olga Ivanova, Igor Trushkov
Ytterbium(III) triflate catalysed domino reaction of (3‐formyl‐4‐indolyl)‐derived donor‐acceptor cyclopropane with primary amines provides a simple approach to an unprecedented tetracyclic skeleton in which tropane system is peri‐annulated with an indole core. This process involves the formation of an imine and its (3+2)‐cross‐cycloaddition with donor‐acceptor cyclopropane moiety, yielding indole core
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Tetrafluoroethylation of Electron‐Rich Alkenyl Iodides Enabled by in situ Generation of Solvent‐Stabilized “Ligandless” CuCF2CF2H Adv. Synth. Catal. (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Cristina Maria Segovia, Luana L. T. N. Porto, Paula Casasús, Isabel Bascuas, Amena Ahmad, Jordi Mestre, Miguel Bernús Pérez, Sergio Castillon, R. Tom Baker, Omar Boutureira
In this study, we have developed a metal‐mediated synthetic method for incorporating the 1,1,2,2‐tetrafluoroethyl (CF2CF2H) motif into unactivated, electron‐rich alkenyl iodides using cross‐coupling reactions. We discovered that the stable Cu(CF2CF2H)(PPh2Me)3 complex, while unreactive with these substrates, serves as a valuable P‐ligated reservoir for the formation of solvent‐stabilized "ligandless"
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Asymmetric Boracarboxylation of Styrenes Using Carbon Dioxide Adv. Synth. Catal. (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Martin Pettersen, Cuong Dat Do, Sai Manoj N. V. T. Gorantla, Marc F. Obst, Roman Damm, Anggi E. Putra, Ashot Gevorgyan, Ljiljana Pavlovic, Kathrin H. Hopmann, Annette Bayer
The boracarboxylation reaction has potential for production of natural products and drug candidates, but the development of an asymmetric version of this transformation is challenging. We report an enantioselective boracarboxylation of styrenes, enabled by a copper catalyst containing chiral phosphines. Our experimental conditions provide yields between 31‐76% and enantiomeric ratios from 80:20 up
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One‐pot Access to Sulfonyl 2,3‐Diarylnaphthalenes via tBuOK‐Mediated Benzannulation of o‐Bis‐sulfonylmethyl Arenes with Diarylacetylenes Adv. Synth. Catal. (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Meng-Yang Chang, Nai-Chen Hsueh
One‐pot access to sulfonyl 2,3‐diarylnaphthalenes was developed via tBuOK‐mediated (4+2) benzannulation of o‐bis‐sulfonylmethyl arenes, employing diverse diarylacetylenes. A plausible mechanism is proposed and discussed. The advantages of the system include the use of inexpensive reagents, wide substrate scope, and mild reaction conditions. The synthetic route allows for the formation of two carbon–carbon
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Regioselective C6‐Arylation of Thieno[3,2‐c]pyrazole Heterocycles with Aryl Iodides Adv. Synth. Catal. (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Mohamed Abarbri, Noura Ait Lfakir, Badr JISMY, Gérald GUillaumet, Mohamed AKSSIRA, Ahmed El Hakmaoui, Régis Guillot, Abdellatif TIKAD
Efficient and regioselective C6‐arylation of thieno[3,2‐c]pyrazoles with aryl iodides as coupling partners has been developed. This strategy was performed in the presence of Pd(OAc)2 as catalyst in combination with AgOTf as an oxidant and TFA in dimethylacetamide. In all experiments, only the C6‐arylated thieno[3,2‐c]pyrazole was isolated since its C5‐regioisomer was not observed, indicating the high
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I2‐Promoted Oxidative Annulation of Deoxybenzoin‐Chalcone Adduct: Temperature‐Controlled Access to Tetrasubstituted 2,3‐trans‐Dihydrofurans and Furans Adv. Synth. Catal. (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Thi Thanh Nhan Vu, Thu Ngoc Trinh, Thu Trang Pham, Minh Tu Ha, Dinh Hung Mac, pascal retailleau, Thanh Binh Nguyen
Tetrasubstituted 2,3‐trans‐dihydrofuran and furan are important heterocyclic scaffolds in natural product, bioorganic and medicinal chemistry as well as in material science. The synthesis of both of these heterocycles starting from common and readily available starting materials are challenging. We found that in situ generated deoxybenzoin‐chalcone Michael adducts underwent oxidative annulation upon
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Organocatalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of Nitrocyclopropanes Bearing a Thioester Group and Three Stereogenic Centers Adv. Synth. Catal. (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Bingfu Wang, Jian Liu, Hui Jin, Lixin Zhang
A two‐stage protocol was developed for accessing nitrocyclopropanes that bear a thioester group and three stereogenic centers. This protocol achieves practical overall yields ranging from 54% to 75%, along with high levels of stereoselectivity (single diastereomer with up to 98% ee). Brominated monothiomalonate (Br‐MTM) is used as an α‐bromo thioacetate equivalent, which reacts efficiently with nitroolefins
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Progress and roadmap for electro-privileged transformations of bio-derived molecules Nat. Catal. (IF 37.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Cong Tian, Roham Dorakhan, Joshua Wicks, Zhu Chen, Kyoung-Shin Choi, Nirala Singh, Joshua A. Schaidle, Adam Holewinski, Aleksandra Vojvodic, Dionisios G. Vlachos, Linda J. Broadbelt, Edward H. Sargent
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Novel mechanism of Fe4+/Ni3+ synergistic effect via exchange energy gain for boosting water oxidation Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Yalei Fan, Chenjia Zhang, Lunyong Zhang, Jing Zhou, Yanzhuo Li, Yu-Cheng Huang, Jingyuan Ma, Ting-Shan Chan, Chien-Te Chen, Chao Jing, Emin Mijit, Zhiwei Hu, Jian-Qiang Wang, Linjuan Zhang
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Recent advancements in the molecular design of deep-red to near-infrared light-absorbing photocatalysts Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Minling Zhong, Yujie Sun
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Solar fuels: Advancements in photothermal CO2 conversion to light olefins Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Alessio Tauro, Fabio Salomone
Solar-driven catalysis has recently gained importance as a sustainable alternative to traditional energy-intensive processes. In this issue of Chem Catalysis, Song et al. thoroughly examine the mechanisms of photothermal CO2 hydrogenation to olefins. Our preview provides concise insights into their comprehensive study by highlighting perspectives and developments in CO2 utilization.
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Unraveling the deactivation mechanism of methanol-to-olefin conversion over zeolite catalysts Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Runze Liu, Weili Dai
Because of the complexity of methanol-to-olefin (MTO) conversion, clarifying the deactivation mechanism is still challenging. In this issue of Chem Catalysis, Weibin Fan and co-workers clarify the formation and evolution of coke precursors, i.e., cross-linked conjugate species, over zeolite catalysts, providing new insights into the deactivation mechanism in MTO conversion.
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Taming glycosylidene carbenes through bench-stable glycosylidene diaziridines to access boro-ketosides Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Charles C.J. Loh
In this issue of Chem Catalysis, He and co-workers demonstrate easy access to diverse glycosyl boro-ketosides via a rare glycosylidene carbene intermediate. They use stable glycosylidene diaziridines as precursors for carbene generation, leading to products convertible into rare sugars and pharmaceutically interesting derivatives, such as tofogliflozin.