Coordination complexes as catalysts for the coupling reactions of oxiranes and carbon dioxide

GA Bhat, DJ Darensbourg - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
The use of carbon dioxide as an alternative feedstock for the production of polymeric
materials represents a promising strategy for the valorization of CO 2. In this regard, there …

Electric fields in catalysis: From enzymes to molecular catalysts

NG Léonard, R Dhaoui, T Chantarojsiri, JY Yang - ACS catalysis, 2021 - ACS Publications
Electric fields underlie all reactions and impact reactivity by interacting with the dipoles and
net charges of transition states, products, and reactants to modify the free energy landscape …

Redox Processes Involving Oxygen: The Surprising Influence of Redox-Inactive Lewis Acids

D Lionetti, S Suseno, AA Shiau, G de Ruiter, T Agapie - JACS Au, 2024 - ACS Publications
Metalloenzymes with heteromultimetallic active sites perform chemical reactions that control
several biogeochemical cycles. Transformations catalyzed by such enzymes include …

Multi-stimuli-engendered radical-anionic MOFs: Visualization of structural transformation upon radical formation

S Park, J Lee, H Jeong, S Bae, J Kang, D Moon, J Park - Chem, 2022 - cell.com
Understanding the dynamic structural changes accompanying radical formation provides
detailed insights into the design of stimuli-responsive redox-active materials. In this study …

Crowning metal ions by supramolecularization as a general remedy toward a dendrite‐free alkali‐metal battery

Z Lu, Y Guo, S Zhang, S Wu, R Meng… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Alkali metals have low potentials and high capacities, making them ideal anodes for next‐
generation batteries, but they suffer major problems, including dendrite growth and low …

Proton vs Electron: The Dual Role of Redox-Inactive Metal Ions in Permanganate Oxidation Kinetics

M Luo, H Zhang, J Guo, J Zhao, C Feng… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Redox-inactive metal-ion-driven modulation of the oxidation behavior of high-valent metal–
oxo complex has garnered significant interest in biological and chemical synthesis; …

Heterodinuclear Zn (II), Mg (II) or Co (III) with Na (I) catalysts for carbon dioxide and cyclohexene oxide ring opening copolymerizations

W Lindeboom, DAX Fraser, CB Durr… - … –A European Journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A series heterodinuclear catalysts, operating without co‐catalyst, show good performances
for the ring opening copolymerization (ROCOP) of cyclohexene oxide and carbon dioxide …

Synthesis, Isolation, and Study of Heterobimetallic Uranyl Crown Ether Complexes

RR Golwankar, AC Ervin, MZ Makoś… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Although crown ethers can selectively bind many metal cations, little is known regarding the
solution properties of crown ether complexes of the uranyl dication, UO22+. Here, the …

Molecular Influences on the Quantification of Lewis Acidity with Phosphine Oxide Probes

RR Golwankar, TD Curry, CJ Paranjothi… - Inorganic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Gutmann–Beckett-type measurements with phosphine oxide probes can be used to estimate
effective Lewis acidity with 31P nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, but the influence …

Evidence for Uranium (VI/V) Redox supported by 2, 2′-Bipyridyl-6, 6′-dicarboxylate

ER Mikeska, AC Ervin, K Zhang, GM Benitez… - Inorganic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The 2, 2′-bipyridyl-6, 6′-dicarboxylate ligand (bdc) has been shown in prior work to
effectively capture the uranyl (VI) ion, UO22+, from aqueous solutions. However, the redox …