Molecular catalysts with diphosphine ligands containing pendant amines

ES Wiedner, AM Appel, S Raugei, WJ Shaw… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Pendant amines play an invaluable role in chemical reactivity, especially for molecular
catalysts based on earth-abundant metals. As inspired by [FeFe]-hydrogenases, which …

Artificial photosynthesis: opportunities and challenges of molecular catalysts

B Zhang, L Sun - Chemical Society Reviews, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Molecular catalysis plays an essential role in both natural and artificial photosynthesis (AP).
However, the field of molecular catalysis for AP has gradually declined in recent years …

Introducing Water‐Network‐Assisted Proton Transfer for Boosted Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution with Cobalt Corrole

X Li, B Lv, XP Zhang, X Jin, K Guo… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Proton transfer is vital for many biological and chemical reactions. Hydrogen‐bonded water‐
containing networks are often found in enzymes to assist proton transfer, but similar strategy …

Nitrogen atom insertion into indenes to access isoquinolines

P Finkelstein, JC Reisenbauer, BB Botlik, O Green… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
We report a convenient protocol for a nitrogen atom insertion into indenes to afford
isoquinolines. The reaction uses a combination of commercially available phenyliodine (III) …

Enhanced photoactivity and oxidizing ability simultaneously via internal electric field and valence band position by crystal structure of bismuth oxyiodide

Y Guo, W Shi, Y Zhu, Y Xu, F Cui - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2020 - Elsevier
Herein, the photoactivity and oxidizing ability of bismuth oxyiodide were enhanced
simultaneously via crystal structure regulation. The internal electric field is enhanced via unit …

Electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution with a cobalt complex bearing pendant proton relays: acid strength and applied potential govern mechanism and stability

N Queyriaux, D Sun, J Fize, J Pécaut… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
[Co (bapbpy) Cl]+(bapbpy: 6, 6′-bis (2-aminopyridyl)-2, 2′-bipyridine) is a polypyridyl
cobalt (II) complex bearing both a redox-active bipyridine ligand and pendant proton relays …

Switching Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Pathways through Electronic Tuning of Copper Porphyrins

X Peng, M Zhang, H Qin, J Han, Y Xu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The electronic structure of metal complexes plays key roles in determining their catalytic
features. However, controlling electronic structures to regulate reaction mechanisms is of …

Hydrogen evolution with hot electrons on a plasmonic-molecular catalyst hybrid system

A Dey, A Mendalz, A Wach, RB Vadell… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Plasmonic systems convert light into electrical charges and heat, mediating catalytic
transformations. However, there is ongoing controversy regarding the involvement of hot …

Comparing electrocatalytic hydrogen and oxygen evolution activities of first-row transition metal complexes with similar coordination environments

X Jin, X Li, H Lei, K Guo, B Lv, H Guo, D Chen… - Journal of Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Developing cheap and efficient electrocatalysts for water splitting is required for energy
conversion techniques. Many first-row transition metal complexes have been shown to be …

Homolytic versus heterolytic hydrogen evolution reaction steered by a steric effect

X Guo, N Wang, X Li, Z Zhang, J Zhao… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Several H− H bond forming pathways have been proposed for the hydrogen evolution
reaction (HER). Revealing these HER mechanisms is of fundamental importance for the …