Axial ligand effects of Ru‐bda complexes in the O–O bond formation via the I2M bimolecular mechanism in water oxidation catalysis

CJ Richmond, S Escayola… - European Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A detailed computational investigation of the mechanistic aspects of the water oxidation
catalysis (WOC) for ruthenium‐based catalysts [Ru (bda)(isoq) 2](H2bda= 2, 2′‐bipyridine …

From Stilbenes to carbo‐Stilbenes: an Encouraging Prospect

C Zhu, A Saquet, V Maraval, C Bijani… - … A European Journal, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Beyond previously described carbo‐naphthalene and carbo‐biphenyl, a novel type of bis‐
carbo‐benzenic molecules is envisaged from the stilbene parent. The synthesis, structure …

[HTML][HTML] Theoretical analysis of expanded porphyrins: Aromaticity, stability, and optoelectronic properties

W Wei, ZX Zhao, BH Xia, W Li - Frontiers in Chemistry, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Expanded porphyrin systems are capable of binding a variety of substrates due to their
increased cavity size and aromatic nature, holding important applications as magnetic …

Substituent effects on the coordination of benzo-21-crown-7 and dibenzo-21-crown-7 with cesium: Insights from computational chemistry and nuclear magnetic …

H Xing, Q Meng, M Rong, S Ni, L Wang, G Ye… - Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
Aromatic substituent plays a pivotal role in determining the electronic characteristics and
coordination capabilities of aromatic crown ethers (CE). In this study, we focus on two types …

A triptych photocatalyst based on the Co-Integration of Ag nanoparticles and carbo-benzene dye into a TiO2 thin film

J Cure, K Cocq, A Mlayah, T Hungría… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
This work proposes a new efficient, long-lasting scalable and low-cost triptych photocatalyst
by assembling a semiconductor thin film (planar anatase TiO 2), a photosensitive molecule …

Zwitterionic Aromaticity on Azulene Extrapolated to carbo‐Azulene

J Poater, J Heitkämper, A Poater… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Azulene is stabilized by “zwitterionic aromaticity”, what about its ring carbo‐mer? The
greater dipole moment of the latter is oriented in the opposite direction, while providing an …

[HTML][HTML] Stability, aromaticity, and photophysical behaviors of macrocyclic molecules: a theoretical analysis

W Wei, W Ren, W Jian, B Xia, H Zhang, FQ Bai… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The macrocyclic molecules with terthiophene (TTH) isomers unit exhibit intriguing properties
in terms of aromaticity, stability, and absorption. In this work, we theoretically designed a …

Theoretical investigations of the aromaticity, stability and photophysical behaviors for expanded porphyrins

W Wei, W Li, BH Xia, HX Zhang, FQ Bai - Chemical Physics Letters, 2019 - Elsevier
We design a series of expanded porphyrins which are incorporated of dithienothiophene
(DTT), 2, 2′-bithiophene, inverted thiophene ring or selenophene ring and substituted of …

Arene vs. Alkene Substrates in Ru‐Catalyzed Olefin Metathesis: a DFT Investigation

A Poater, MC d'Alterio, G Talarico… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
DFT calculations have been performed to compare metathesis of olefin, diene, and arene
substrates catalyzed by a 2nd generation Ru (SIMes)‐based complex. A large screening of …

Reorganization of a photosensitive carbo-benzene layer in a triptych nanocatalyst with enhancement of the photocatalytic hydrogen production from water

H Assi, K Cocq, J Cure, G Casterou, KC Lux… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The preparation of a triptych nanomaterial made of TiO 2 nanoparticles as semiconductor,
Ag plasmonic nanoparticles and a carbo-benzene macrocyclic molecule as photosensitizer …