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Electrocatalysis of the ammonia oxidation reaction Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Xueda Ding, Ying Ji, Hengshuo Huang, Jialei Huang, Shuangqiang Chen, Chao Yang, Fengwang Li, Mingchuan Luo
Ammonia stands out as a promising carbon-free carrier for the ever-expanding renewable electricity landscape, due to its ease of storage and distribution as well as compatibility with existing infrastructure. Further implementing ammonia as an energy vector in a scalable and economic manner demands multiscale advancements in the electrocatalysis of the ammonia oxidation reaction (AOR), a field that
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Upgrading waste plastics to value-added aromatics Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Shengming Li, Zhongyu Li, Fan Zhang, Jinxing Chen
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Direct oxygen-containing simulated flue gas electrolysis over amine-confined Ag catalyst in a flow cell Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Ji Wei Sun, Tingting Yu, Haoran Wu, Minghui Zhu, Aiping Chen, Cheng Lian, Hua Gui Yang, Peng Fei Liu
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Metal-ligand cooperativity in chemical electrosynthesis Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Maia E. Czaikowski, Sophie W. Anferov, John S. Anderson
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Transition-metal nitrides: Pioneering a new era in the hydrogen evolution reaction Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Lei Shi, Huiyuan Zhu
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Selective terpene oxidation by unspecific peroxygenases with complementary reactivity Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Shixuan Cao, Yuxuan Ye
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Improved oxygen evolution reaction for high-current PEM water electrolysis Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Guoyu Zhong, Shurui Xu, Baizeng Fang
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Asymmetric synthesis of organoborons via Ir-catalyzed stereoconvergent reactions Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Yu-Wen Sun, De-Wei Gao
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How achiral Brønsted acid involves in co-catalyst model with chiral phosphoric acid for construction of quaternary carbon stereocenter Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Zi-Hao Li, Jia Zhou, Chang Liu, Fu-Xin Tan, Le Wang, Guo-Dong Zhu, Shu-Yu Zhang
Chiral phosphoric acids, acting as bifunctional catalysts, play a dual role in activating both nucleophiles and electrophiles through non-covalent interactions. To enhance the activity of acid/base sites and create a favorable chiral steric environment, researchers have widely employed an efficient method, involving the introduction of an achiral Brønsted acid as reinforcement, in addition to structural
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Targeted synthesis, characterization, and electrochemical analysis of transition-metal-oxide catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Darius Hayes, Shaun Alia, Bryan Pivovar, Ryan Richards
Hydrogen fuel can be produced through the electrochemical splitting of water, an energy-intensive process that requires the use of electrocatalysts to be more efficient. Whereas current precious-metal-based electrocatalysts might be costly on a larger scale, transition-metal-oxide catalysts are more earth abundant and have shown promising activity. The development and improvement of highly active
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Recent progress in stereoselective transformations enabled by thermally activated delayed fluorescence photocatalysts Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Fan Ni, Jiajie Zhang, Yuzhe Zhou, Longzhen Qiu
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Enantioselective synthesis of inherently chiral 9-benzylidene-9H-tribenzo[a,c,e][7]annulene and its application as a ligand platform Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Xilong Wang, Chaoqin Wang, Yu Luo, Jing Li, Chunfang Gan, Shuang Luo, Qiang Zhu
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Smart design strategies of metal-based compounds for electrochemical CO2 reduction: From microscopic structure to atomic-level active site Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Tong Zhang, Yu-Feng Tang, Mulin Yu, Shuo Liu, Lin-Bo Liu, Xian-Zhu Fu, Jing-Li Luo, Subiao Liu
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Ni-catalyzed propargylic substitution reaction: A general and versatile tool to assemble axially chiral phosphorus-containing allenes Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Xiao-dong Gu, Ka Yan Ngai, Wei Wang, Bin Li, Jun (Joelle) Wang
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Mechanically driven water splitting over piezoelectric nanomaterials Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-01-26 Shun Li, Xinyue Zhang, Fan Yang, Jianming Zhang, Weidong Shi, Federico Rosei
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Atomically engineering the metal-support interaction of single-atom Cu/TiO2 for efficient polyethylene terephthalate plastic photoreforming Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Zhida Li, Yang Yang, Chunyue Zhang, Wenqi Fan, Guifeng Li, Jin Fang, Lu Lu
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Trinity of electrochemistry, photochemistry, and transition metal catalysis Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Liubo Li, Yan Yao, Niankai Fu
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Elucidation of site structures and CO oxidation kinetics of the Ir1/TiO2 single-atom catalyst Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Liping Liu, Coogan B. Thompson, Tianyou Mou, Ayman M. Karim, Hongliang Xin
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Chemoselective direct deuterodecarboxylation of free aliphatic carboxylic acids enabled by deuteron-coupled electron transfer Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Chen-Qiang Deng, Yuantai Xu, Jia-Hao Luo, Guang-Zu Wang, Jin Deng, Yao Fu
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Synergistic catalysis: An emerging concept for selective carbohydrate synthesis Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Charles C.J. Loh
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Co-immobilization of enzymes and chemocatalysts for one-pot chemoenzymatic cascades: Scaffold engineering toward more efficient catalysis Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Tianyou Chen, Yizhuo Lu, Xiaorong Xiong, Zushun Xu
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Accelerated exploration of heterogeneous CO2 hydrogenation catalysts by Bayesian-optimized high-throughput and automated experimentation Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Adrian Ramirez, Erwin Lam, Daniel Pacheco Gutierrez, Yuhui Hou, Hermann Tribukait, Loïc M. Roch, Christophe Copéret, Paco Laveille
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Complementary specificity of unspecific peroxygenases enables access to diverse products from terpene oxygenation Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Benjamin Melling, Tamara Mielke, Adrian C. Whitwood, Timothy J.C. O’Riordan, Nicholas Mulholland, Jared Cartwright, William P. Unsworth, Gideon Grogan
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Alkyl C–O bond cleavage assisted by partial C–H activation on atomically dispersed catalysts and metal surfaces Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Tingting Wang, Yongjie Xi, Fuwei Li
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Tuning the reaction selectivity of 1,3-enynes by π-π stacking Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Jana Roithová
In this issue of Chem Catalysis, Maseras, Díaz-Requejo, Pérez, and co-workers report the first controlled selective reactivity of 1,3-enynes with copper nitrenes toward either propargyl aziridines or unsaturated sulfinamides. They explain the observed selectivities by exploring different reactants, using competition reactions, and employing density functional theory (DFT) calculations.
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Advancing oxygen evolution electrocatalysis with human-machine intelligence Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Liping Liu, Siwen Wang, Chen Ling, Hongliang Xin
In this article, Hongliang Xin (associate professor at Virginia Tech), Chen Ling (senior principal research scientist at Toyota), and their colleagues discuss the critical challenges in developing high-performance electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), particularly by emphasizing the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in materials exploration and discovery. They highlight the necessity
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Toward a stable and active catalyst for proton-exchange membrane water electrolysis Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Siwen Wang, Liping Liu, Hongliang Xin, Chen Ling
In this article, Chen Ling (senior principal research scientist at Toyota), Hongliang Xin (associate professor at Virginia Tech), and their colleagues exchange views on the significance, hurdles, and possible solutions associated with improving the catalysts for the acidic oxygen evolution reaction. These insights contribute to addressing challenges for the widespread adoption and use of proton-exchange
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Efficient access to chiral organogermanes Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Tetsuaki Fujihara
In this issue of Chem Catalysis, Zhou and co-workers have developed an efficient method for synthesizing chiral organogermane compounds through a rhodium-catalyzed enantioselective carbon-germanium bond-forming reaction via carbene insertion reactions. The reaction proceeds under mild conditions, and this method can synthesize diverse chiral organogermane compounds.
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Inherently chiral azaheterocycles: Asymmetric synthesis via (dynamic) kinetic resolution Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Yu Luo, Shuang Luo, Qiang Zhu
In this issue of Chem Catalysis, Yang et al. presented methods for the synthesis of enantioenriched inherently chiral 9,10-dihydrotribenzo[b,d,f]azocines through kinetic resolution (KR) and dynamic kinetic resolution (DKR). Chiral phosphoric acid catalyzed C–H amination and transferred hydrogenation from racemic precursors, yielding inherently chiral saddle-shaped eight-membered azaheterocycles enantioselectively
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Formal Buchner-Curtius-Schlotterbeck reaction enabled by acyl radical addition Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Tongchang Fang, Chao Liu
In this issue of Chem Catalysis, XU and colleagues have introduced an innovative homologation reaction of carbonyls, utilizing a unique single-electron process that involves the radical addition of acyl radicals to hydrazones. This finding also extends the radical precursors to formamides and diaryphosphine oxides.
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Sustainable olefine carbonylation via Pd-based heterogeneous single-metal-site catalysis Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Rakesh Maiti, Shoubhik Das
Publishing in this issue of Chem Catalysis, Ding and co-workers have established a solid foundation for future strides in olefin alkoxycarbonylation through atomically dispersed Pd-based heterogeneous catalysis. Their research encompasses thorough analyses of wide substrate scope and mechanistic experiments with a dedicated focus on unraveling the molecular-level intricacies of ligands in heterogeneous
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Improved stability of Pt-based electrocatalysts by enhanced metal-support interaction Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Shurui Xu, Guoyu Zhong, Baizeng Fang
Pt-based nanomaterials have been widely used in heterogeneous catalysis, and the interactions between Pt-based active materials and their supports play a crucial role in their catalytic stability. In a recent issue of Nature Communications, Yang and co-workers showed that the enhanced metal-support interaction significantly improves the stability of Pt-based electrocatalysts.
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Photoinduced Bi-catalyzed C–H trifluoromethylation of (hetero)arenes Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Lei Bao, Hongxiang Yang, Beibei Zhan, Xiaheng Zhang
In a recent issue of the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Cornella and co-workers demonstrated a novel Bi-catalyzed C–H trifluoromethylation of (hetero)arenes by using CF3SO2Cl as the trifluoromethyl reagent under visible-light irradiation. This unique reaction mode also unveils the potential for the development of efficient catalytic redox processes by the main-group element.
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Enantioselective construction of Si-stereogenic linear alkenylhydrosilanes via copper-catalyzed hydrosilylation of alkynes Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-01-15 Jian-Lin Xu, Zi-Lu Wang, Jin-Bo Zhao, Yun-He Xu
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A machine-learning-assisted study of propylene adsorption behaviors on transition metals and alloys: Beyond the Dewar-Chatt-Duncanson model Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Yue-Xin Wang, Min-Hui Li, Ran Cao, Ming Lei, Zhi-Jun Sui, Xing-Gui Zhou, De Chen, Yi-An Zhu
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Photocatalytic hydrogen peroxide synthesis: State-of-the-art design, performance, and challenges Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-01-09 , , Priyanka Verma, Hiromi Yamashita
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Recent progress in amorphous nanomaterials for electrochemical synthesis of N-containing compounds Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Xiangyu Chen, Shuning Lv, Ziming Su, Xiuyi Yang, Hanke Cui, Zhao Yang, Ziyan Xu, Gilberto Teobaldi, Jianxin Kang, Li-Min Liu, Lin Guo
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Arylamine synthesis enabled by a photocatalytic skeletal-editing dehydrogenative aromatization strategy Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Yu-Feng Ren, Xiao-Yi Chen, Hai-Wu Du, Wei Shu
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Trityl tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate: A sustainable precursor for multifunctional silylium Lewis acid organocatalysis Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-01-04 Muhammad Israr, Woo Hee Kim, Dong Hyeon Kim, Han Yong Bae
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Trends in electrocatalytic activity and stability of transition metal nitrides Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-01-04 Hansen Mou, Jaehun Jason Jeong, Bipin Lamichhane, Shyam Kattel, Zechao Zhuang, Ji Hoon Lee, Qiaowan Chang, Jingguang G. Chen
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Introducing 1,3-enyne functionalization by nitrene transfer reaction Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-01-03 Anabel M. Rodríguez, Giuseppe Sciortino, Lidia Muñoz-Gutierrez, Francisco Molina, Feliu Maseras, M. Mar Díaz-Requejo, Pedro J. Pérez
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Cathode gas electrode modified with heterogeneous polymeric metal phthalocyanine for achieving high current density for CO2 electroreduction Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2024-01-02 Shanhe Gong, Wenbo Wang, Xu Han, Haotian Wang, Guilong Wang, Xuexue Wang, Jimin Xie, Dewei Rao, Chundu Wu, Jun Liu, Shouyan Shao, Minghui Zhu, Xiaomeng Lv
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Iridium-catalyzed doubly stereoconvergent allylic alkylation of racemic α-boryl organozinc reagents Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2023-12-28 Jinhui Han, Xirong Liu, Hao Jin, Panchi Guo, Liang Xu, Pengfei Li, Miao Zhan
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Sterically controllable adsorption on nickel surface for selective reductive amination Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2023-12-28 Hai Wang, Qian Xiang, Yiming Niu, Liang Wang, Bingsen Zhang, Shengqi Chu, Yu Hui, Jiabao Yang, Yucai Qin, Lijuan Song, Song Qin, Junyi Zhang, Xionghou Gao, Xiao-Ming Cao, Feng-Shou Xiao
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Complex-confinement strategy to high-loading and structure-tunable indium single-atom catalysts toward efficient electrocatalytic CO2 reduction Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2023-12-28 Bin Sun, Xiaoli Wang, Zaiqi Li, Hongli Liu, Weiyi Jiang, Kepeng Song, Zeyan Wang, Peng Wang, Yuanyuan Liu, Zhaoke Zheng, Ying Dai, Baibiao Huang, Hefeng Cheng
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Two-dimensional confined polyoxometalate-based chiral electrode for high-performance enantioselective electrocatalytic oxidation Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2023-12-28 Wen Chang, Bo Qi, Luran Jiang, Zixian Li, Guicong Hu, Yixin Yang, Jiaxin Li, Yufei Zhao, Yu-Fei Song
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Mechanistic insights into selective CO2 electroreduction to methanol on cobalt tetraaminophthalocyanine Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Yun Song, Yong Liu, Jianjun Su, Libei Huang, Weihua Guo, Geng Li, Yinger Xin, Qiang Zhang, Tanglue Feng, Ruquan Ye
Electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 and CO to methanol on cobalt phthalocyanine catalysts suffers from low selectivity and an incomplete understanding of the kinetics and underlying mechanism. Reporting in Nature Synthesis, Wang and colleagues systematically investigated the mechanism of electrochemical CO-to-methanol conversion. The mechanistic findings inspired the operation of high-pressure electrolysis
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Oxygen tolerance in triplet-excited-state-based photocatalysis through compartmentalization Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Sonja Pullen
In Chemistry – A European Journal, Næsborg and co-workers have demonstrated a simple protocol that overcomes oxygen sensitivity in triplet-sensitized [2 + 2] photocycloaddition. A sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-based micelle is used to trap oxygen within the core while photosenstizer [Ru(bpy)3]2+ and the substrate are pre-organized within the Stern layer. Unwanted quenching of the triplet excited photosensitizer
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Identifying the active site of Cu/Cu2O for electrocatalytic nitrate reduction reaction to ammonia Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2023-12-22 Gabriel F. Costa, Manuel Winkler, Thiago Mariano, Maria R. Pinto, Igor Messias, João B. Souza, Itamar T. Neckel, Maria F.C. Santos, Cláudio F. Tormena, Nirala Singh, Raphael Nagao
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Pd/NiSix: An efficient and stable acid-ORR electrocatalyst Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2023-12-22 Chenjia Liang, Shu-Ming Xing, Ruiyao Zhao, Xiaoxia Hou, Teng Chen, Yingxuan Zhao, Rurong Liu, Siyuan Zhao, Xianghao Wang, Xiangke Guo, Nianhua Xue, Luming Peng, Xiaomei Zhao, Yong Pei, Jian-Feng Li, Weiping Ding
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Merging photoinduced protic HAT and radical-polar crossover for olefin difunctionalization Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Aleksandr Voronov, Luca Capaldo
In this issue of Chem Catalysis, Wei, Shi, and co-workers describe a robust methodology for the regioselective difunctionalization of alkenes by combining photocatalyzed hydrogen atom transfer for the generation of electrophilic radicals and radical-polar crossover. The simplicity of the methodology suggests its rapid uptake for synthetic purposes.
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Asymmetric syntheses of valuable chiral trifluoromethylated enamides Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2023-12-21 David Weinzierl, Mario Waser
In this issue of Chem Catalysis, Martín-Matute and co-workers report the synthesis of chiral trifluoromethylated enamides via an organocatalytic stereospecific isomerization of enantioenriched trifluoromethylated allylic amines. These targets serve as valuable building blocks for further manipulations, resulting in a powerful strategy for accessing valuable fluorinated N-containing scaffolds.
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Ni-catalyzed three-component synthesis of secondary and tertiary C(sp3)-organogermanes Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Lorenzo Lorenzini, Alejandro Perez-Luna
In this issue of Chem Catalysis, Huang and co-workers disclose a Ni-catalyzed three-component reductive coupling between alkyl halides, alkenes, and chlorogermanes. This method offers an efficient broad-in-scope access to secondary and tertiary C(sp3)-organogermanes, with carbon–germanium bond-formation, and represents a significant contribution to the rapidly expanding field of organogermane synthesis
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Anionic N-boryl pyridyl complexes: Modular photoredox catalysts with extreme reduction potentials Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Xianhong Ai, Zhao Wu
Visible light photoredox catalysis has become a potent method for activating inert chemical bonds through single-electron reduction under mild conditions. In this vein, Jiao and colleagues have recently unveiled a remarkably reducing photocatalytic system grounded in easily modifiable pyridine derivatives, diborons, and alcoholates in Chem. This system facilitates straightforward reductive transformations
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Theoretical study of CO2 electroreduction to C3+ liquid chemicals Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Hyun Dong Jung, Seoin Back
As reported recently in Cell Reports Physical Science, Che and colleagues performed density functional theory (DFT) calculations on Pd-Au interfaces and identified ∗CH2 as a crucial intermediate in CO2 electroreduction to C3+ chemicals and highlighted C1–CH2 coupling as a potential rate-limiting step, providing insights for optimizing bimetallic catalysts.
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Phase engineering promotes single-atom electrocatalysis Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Chao Ye, Jieqiong Shan
Single-atom catalysts (SACs) with well-designed atomic structure provide a cost-efficient solution for sustainable hydrogen production. In a recent issue of Nature, Zhang and co-workers reported the phase engineering of MoS2 nanosheets to enable the atomic dispersion of high-loading Pt atoms. The 1T′-MoS2-supported Pt SACs demonstrated remarkable electrocatalytic hydrogen production performance.
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Geminal-atom catalysis enabled by reactant-active-center-host docking Chem Catal. Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Fei Huang, Qi Yang, Jieshan Qiu
Cross-coupling reactions with unparalleled synthetic capability have been widely used across the world for organic syntheses of diverse fine chemicals. In a recent issue of Nature, Lu, Li, and co-workers report a geminal-atom catalysis that is highly capable of efficiently catalyzing a wide range of cross-coupling reactions. This novel approach is a breakthrough in methodology in terms of the catalyst