Transition Metal Complexes as Catalysts for the Electroconversion of CO2: An Organometallic Perspective

NW Kinzel, C Werlé, W Leitner - … Chemie International Edition, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The electrocatalytic transformation of carbon dioxide has been a topic of interest in the field
of CO2 utilization for a long time. Recently, the area has seen increasing dynamics as an …

Molecular Catalysts for the Reductive Homocoupling of CO2 towards C2+ Compounds

HQ Liang, T Beweries, R Francke… - Angewandte Chemie, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The conversion of CO2 into multicarbon (C2+) compounds by reductive homocoupling offers
the possibility to transform renewable energy into chemical energy carriers and thereby …

Nonaqueous Electrochemistry of Uranium Complexes: A Guide to Structure–Reactivity Tuning

J Riedhammer, DP Halter, K Meyer - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Uranium complexes can be stabilized in a wide range of oxidation states, ranging from UII to
UVI and a very recent example of a UI complex. This review provides a comprehensive …

Linear versus Bent Uranium (II) Metallocenes─ A Local Vibrational Mode Study

BMTC Peluzo, MZ Makoś, RT Moura Jr… - Inorganic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Uranium metallocenes have recently attracted attention driven by their use as catalysts in
organometallic synthesis. In addition to bent U (IV) and U (III), an U (II) metallocene [(η5-C5 i …

Carbon dioxide complexes: Bonding modes and synthetic methods

A Paparo, J Okuda - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
A critical survey on the literature on CO 2 metal complexes is provided. A re-evaluation of all
known CO 2 complexes reveals the existence of several bonding modes, which have not …

The synthesis and versatile reducing power of low-valent uranium complexes

MA Boreen, J Arnold - Dalton Transactions, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
This Perspective provides a detailed overview of the chemistry of low-valent (di-and
trivalent) uranium. The reactivity of uranium (II) and uranium (III) complexes is discussed …

Carbon oxygenate transformations by actinide compounds and catalysts

PL Arnold, ZR Turner - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2017 - nature.com
Carbon oxygenates represent an increasingly important class of feedstock in the
development of a sustainable chemical economy. Their catalytic transformation into value …

Strongly Polarized Iridiumδ−–Aluminumδ+ Pairs: Unconventional Reactivity Patterns Including CO2 Cooperative Reductive Cleavage

L Escomel, I Del Rosal, L Maron… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The iridium tetrahydride complex Cp* IrH4 reacts with a range of isobutylaluminum
derivatives of general formula Al (i Bu) x (OAr) 3–x (x= 1, 2) to give the unusual iridium …

Uranium and thorium complexes of the phosphaethynolate ion

C Camp, N Settineri, J Lefèvre, AR Jupp… - Chemical …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
New tris-amidinate actinide (Th, U) complexes containing a rare O-bound terminal
phosphaethynolate (OCP−) ligand were synthesized and fully characterized. The cyanate …

Revisiting Reduction of CO2 to Oxalate with First-Row Transition Metals: Irreproducibility, Ambiguous Analysis, and Conflicting Reactivity

M Marx, H Frauendorf, A Spannenberg, H Neumann… - JACS Au, 2022 - ACS Publications
Construction of higher C≥ 2 compounds from CO2 constitutes an attractive transformation
inspired by nature's strategy to build carbohydrates. However, controlled C–C bond …