Single-atom alloy catalysis

RT Hannagan, G Giannakakis… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Single-atom alloys (SAAs) play an increasingly significant role in the field of single-site
catalysis and are typically composed of catalytically active elements atomically dispersed in …

Hydride transfer reactions catalyzed by cobalt complexes

W Ai, R Zhong, X Liu, Q Liu - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Cobalt has become increasingly attractive in homogeneous catalysis because of its unique
characteristics and outstanding catalytic performance in addition to being cheap and earth …

A salt-philic, solvent-phobic interfacial coating design for lithium metal electrodes

Z Huang, JC Lai, SL Liao, Z Yu, Y Chen, W Yu, H Gong… - Nature Energy, 2023 - nature.com
A key challenge to enable Li metal batteries as next-generation energy storage devices is to
stabilize the interface between the Li metal and the electrolyte. A promising strategy is to …

Recent advances in hydrometallation of alkenes and alkynes via the first row transition metal catalysis

J Chen, J Guo, Z Lu - Chinese Journal of Chemistry, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrometallation of alkenes and alkynes provides a straightforward route to access alkyl‐or
alkenyl‐metal reagents, which have a wide range of applications in organic transformations …

Directed evolution of cytochrome c for carbon–silicon bond formation: Bringing silicon to life

SBJ Kan, RD Lewis, K Chen, FH Arnold - Science, 2016 - science.org
Enzymes that catalyze carbon–silicon bond formation are unknown in nature, despite the
natural abundance of both elements. Such enzymes would expand the catalytic repertoire of …

An overview of N-heterocyclic carbenes

MN Hopkinson, C Richter, M Schedler, F Glorius - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
The successful isolation and characterization of an N-heterocyclic carbene in 1991 opened
up a new class of organic compounds for investigation. From these beginnings as academic …

Remote functionalization through alkene isomerization

A Vasseur, J Bruffaerts, I Marek - Nature chemistry, 2016 - nature.com
Exploiting the reactivity of one functional group within a molecule to generate a reaction at a
different position is an ongoing challenge in organic synthesis. Effective remote …

Hydrosilylation reaction of olefins: recent advances and perspectives

Y Nakajima, S Shimada - RSC advances, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
This review covers the recent advances in hydrosilylation chemistry mainly published in the
last decade. Hydrosilylation of olefins is an important reaction for the production of various …

Catalytic silylation of unactivated C–H bonds

C Cheng, JF Hartwig - Chemical Reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Methods for efficient, catalytic functionalization of unactivated C− H bonds with boron 1 and
silicon 2 reagents are valuable to the fields of synthetic chemistry and materials science …

Cobalt complex-catalyzed hydrosilylation of alkenes and alkynes

J Sun, L Deng - ACS Catalysis, 2016 - ACS Publications
The demand for economical and environmentally benign catalysts for important chemical
transformations has recently initiated great efforts on nonprecious metal-catalyzed …