Transition metal catalysis controlled by hydrogen bonding in the second coordination sphere

JNH Reek, B de Bruin, S Pullen, TJ Mooibroek… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Transition metal catalysis is of utmost importance for the development of sustainable
processes in academia and industry. The activity and selectivity of metal complexes are …

Strategies and mechanisms of metal–ligand cooperativity in first-row transition metal complex catalysts

MR Elsby, RT Baker - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The use of metal–ligand cooperation (MLC) by transition metal bifunctional catalysts has
emerged at the forefront of homogeneous catalysis science. Specially designed ligands can …

Earth-abundant heterogeneous water oxidation catalysts

BM Hunter, HB Gray, AM Muller - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Water oxidation is a key chemical transformation for the conversion of solar energy into
chemical fuels. Our review focuses on recent work on robust earth-abundant heterogeneous …

Oxygen reduction by homogeneous molecular catalysts and electrocatalysts

ML Pegis, CF Wise, DJ Martin, JM Mayer - Chemical Reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is a key component of biological processes and
energy technologies. This Review provides a comprehensive report of soluble molecular …

[HTML][HTML] Chalcogen bonding in coordination chemistry

KT Mahmudov, AV Gurbanov, VA Aliyeva… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
The chalcogen bond (ChB) is defined as a noncovalent interaction between the electron
density deficient region (so-called as σ or π hole) of a covalently bonded chalcogen atom …

Hydrogen bonding-assisted and nonheme manganese-catalyzed remote hydroxylation of C–H bonds in nitrogen-containing molecules

J Chen, W Song, J Yao, Z Wu, YM Lee… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The development of catalytic systems capable of oxygenating unactivated C–H bonds with
excellent site-selectivity and functional group tolerance under mild conditions remains a …

Metal–metal bonds in catalysis

IG Powers, C Uyeda - Acs Catalysis, 2017 - ACS Publications
Transition metals can assemble to form multinuclear complexes by engaging in direct metal-
to-metal interactions. Metal–metal covalent bonds provide a large perturbation in electronic …

Molecular cobalt complexes with pendant amines for selective electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide to formic acid

S Roy, B Sharma, J Pécaut, P Simon… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
We report here on a new series of CO2-reducing molecular catalysts based on Earth-
abundant elements that are very selective for the production of formic acid in …

Status of reactive non-heme metal–oxygen intermediates in chemical and enzymatic reactions

K Ray, FF Pfaff, B Wang, W Nam - Journal of the American …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Selective functionalization of unactivated C–H bonds, water oxidation, and dioxygen
reduction are extremely important reactions in the context of finding energy carriers and …

Proton-coupled electron transfer

MHV Huynh, TJ Meyer - Chemical Reviews, 2007 - ACS Publications
At the core of many important energy conversion processes in chemistry and biology are
oxidation-reduction reactions in which both electrons and protons are transferred. An …