Influence of solvent structure and hydrogen bonding on catalysis at solid–liquid interfaces

DS Potts, DT Bregante, JS Adams, C Torres… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Solvent molecules interact with reactive species and alter the rates and selectivities of
catalytic reactions by orders of magnitude. Specifically, solvent molecules can modify the …

Zeolites: a theoretical and Practical Approach with uses in (Bio) Chemical processes

AA Vasconcelos, T Len, AN de Oliveira, AAF Costa… - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
This review provides a state-of-the-art summary of distributed zeolite technology, as well as
identifying strategies to further promote the absorption of these materials in various areas of …

Effect of Pd Coordination and Isolation on the Catalytic Reduction of O2 to H2O2 over PdAu Bimetallic Nanoparticles

T Ricciardulli, S Gorthy, JS Adams… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide (H2+ O2→ H2O2) may enable low-cost H2O2
production and reduce environmental impacts of chemical oxidations. Here, we synthesize a …

The shape of water in zeolites and its impact on epoxidation catalysis

DT Bregante, MC Chan, JZ Tan, EZ Ayla… - Nature Catalysis, 2021 - nature.com
Solvent structures that surround active sites reorganize during catalysis and influence the
stability of surface intermediates. Within zeolite pores, H2O molecules form hydrogen …

Effects of Solvent–Pore Interaction on Rates and Barriers for Vapor Phase Alkene Epoxidation with Gaseous H2O2 in Ti-BEA Catalysts

O Kwon, EZ Ayla, DS Potts, DW Flaherty - ACS Catalysis, 2023 - ACS Publications
Liquid-like fluids condense spontaneously within micropores of titanosilicates and
preferentially stabilize transition states for alkene epoxidations. Consequently, turnover rates …

Alkene Epoxidations with H2O2 over Groups 4–6 Metal-Substituted BEA Zeolites: Reactive Intermediates, Reaction Pathways, and Linear Free-Energy …

EZ Ayla, DS Potts, DT Bregante, DW Flaherty - ACS Catalysis, 2020 - ACS Publications
Rates and selectivities for alkene epoxidations depend sensitively on the identity of the
active metal center for both heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysts. While group 6 …

Transition state stabilization depends on solvent identity, pore size, and hydrophilicity for epoxidations in zeolites

JZ Tan, DT Bregante, C Torres, DW Flaherty - Journal of Catalysis, 2022 - Elsevier
Ti-silicates activate H 2 O 2 to form Ti-hydroperoxo and Ti-peroxo intermediates that can
react with alkenes to form epoxide products. Comparisons of kinetics for 1-octene …

Catalytic consequences of oxidant, alkene, and pore structures on alkene epoxidations within titanium silicates

DT Bregante, JZ Tan, RL Schultz, EZ Ayla… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Ti atoms incorporated into the framework of zeolite* BEA (Ti-BEA) or grafted onto SBA-15 (Ti-
SBA-15) catalyze alkene epoxidation with hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), t-butyl hydrogen …

Engineering intraporous solvent environments: effects of aqueous-organic solvent mixtures on competition between zeolite-catalyzed epoxidation and H 2 O 2 …

DS Potts, C Torres, O Kwon, DW Flaherty - Chemical Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Solvent molecules alter the free energies of liquid phase species and adsorbed
intermediates during catalytic reactions, thereby impacting rates and selectivities. Here, we …

Opportunities in catalysis over metal-zeotypes enabled by descriptions of active centers beyond their binding site

JW Harris, JS Bates, BC Bukowski, J Greeley… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Active centers in porous solid catalysts are multifaceted in structure, comprised of primary
sites that bind intermediates, secondary environments that confine intermediates and …