First-generation organic reaction intermediates in zeolite chemistry and catalysis

X Gong, M Caglayan, Y Ye, K Liu, J Gascon… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Zeolite chemistry and catalysis are expected to play a decisive role in the next decade (s) to
build a more decentralized renewable feedstock-dependent sustainable society owing to the …

Microbial oxidation of atmospheric trace gases

C Greening, R Grinter - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2022 - nature.com
The atmosphere has recently been recognized as a major source of energy sustaining life.
Diverse aerobic bacteria oxidize the three most abundant reduced trace gases in the …

Single atom catalysts for selective methane oxidation to oxygenates

P Kumar, TA Al-Attas, J Hu, MG Kibria - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
Direct conversion of methane (CH4) to C1–2 liquid oxygenates is a captivating approach to
lock carbons in transportable value-added chemicals, while reducing global warming …

Copper–oxygen complexes revisited: structures, spectroscopy, and reactivity

CE Elwell, NL Gagnon, BD Neisen, D Dhar… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
A longstanding research goal has been to understand the nature and role of copper–oxygen
intermediates within copper-containing enzymes and abiological catalysts. Synthetic …

Computational approach to molecular catalysis by 3d transition metals: challenges and opportunities

KD Vogiatzis, MV Polynski, JK Kirkland… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Computational chemistry provides a versatile toolbox for studying mechanistic details of
catalytic reactions and holds promise to deliver practical strategies to enable the rational in …

Understanding trends in C–H bond activation in heterogeneous catalysis

AA Latimer, AR Kulkarni, H Aljama, JH Montoya… - Nature materials, 2017 - nature.com
While the search for catalysts capable of directly converting methane to higher value
commodity chemicals and liquid fuels has been active for over a century, a viable industrial …

Direct methane to methanol: the selectivity–conversion limit and design strategies

AA Latimer, A Kakekhani, AR Kulkarni… - ACS catalysis, 2018 - ACS Publications
Currently, methane is transformed into methanol through the two-step syngas process,
which requires high temperatures and centralized production. While the slightly exothermic …

Methane selective oxidation to methanol by metal-exchanged zeolites: a review of active sites and their reactivity

MH Mahyuddin, Y Shiota, K Yoshizawa - Catalysis Science & …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the past decade, zeolites (microporous aluminosilicate minerals) have been gaining
significant popularity due to their broad applications in catalysis including the dream …

Misconceptions and challenges in methane-to-methanol over transition-metal-exchanged zeolites

M Ravi, VL Sushkevich, AJ Knorpp, MA Newton… - Nature Catalysis, 2019 - nature.com
Direct methane functionalization and, in particular, the selective partial oxidation to
methanol, remains an eminent challenge and a field of competitive research. The …

Catalytic technologies for direct oxidation of methane to methanol: a critical tutorial on current trends, future perspectives, and techno-feasibility assessment

I Hussain, SA Ganiyu, H Alasiri, K Alhooshani - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Our Earth planet has already started to experience climate change as a result of
socioeconomic changes, and the planet's remaining fossil fuel sources are expected to run …