(Hetero) aromatic compounds are vastly available and easy to functionalise building blocks
in the chemical industry. Asymmetric arene hydrogenation enables direct access to complex …

Abstract UiO-66, a water-resistant zirconium-based metal–organic framework (MOF) with
ultra-high porosity, larger surface area and plentiful active sites, has an advantage over …

Metal organic frameworks (MOFs), fabricated through co-ordination interaction between
metal nodes and organic linkers, possess various special features including high surface …

The development of photocatalysts with robust active sites, excellent light-harvesting ability,
low electron-hole recombination, and superior activity has been employed over the past …

Endergonic photocatalysis is the use of light to perform catalytic reactions that are
thermodynamically unfavourable. While photocatalysis has become a powerful tool in …

The development of unconventional strategies for the activation of ammonia (NH3) and
water (H2O) is of capital importance for the advancement of sustainable chemical strategies …

Mechanistic insight into the catalytic production of ammonia from dinitrogen is needed to
improve the synthesis of this vital molecule. Here we study the use of samarium diiodide …

Hydrogenation of alkenes is one of the most fundamental transformations in organic
synthesis, and widely used in the petrochemical, pharmaceutical, and food industries …

Coordination of alcohols to the single-electron reductant samarium diiodide (SmI2) results in
substantial O–H bond weakening, affording potent proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) …

Abstract (Hetero) arene reduction is one of the key avenues for synthesizing related cyclic
alkenes and alkanes. While catalytic hydrogenation and Birch reduction are the two broadly …