Homogeneous catalysis for sustainable energy: hydrogen and methanol economies, fuels from biomass, and related topics

A Kumar, P Daw, D Milstein - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
As the world pledges to significantly cut carbon emissions, the demand for sustainable and
clean energy has now become more important than ever. This includes both production and …

Liquid organic and inorganic chemical hydrides for high-capacity hydrogen storage

QL Zhu, Q Xu - Energy & Environmental Science, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The search for hydrogen storage materials capable of efficiently storing hydrogen in a
compact and lightweight package is one of the most difficult challenges for the upcoming …

Ammonia–borane and amine–borane dehydrogenation mediated by complex metal hydrides

A Rossin, M Peruzzini - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
This review is a comprehensive survey of the last 10 years of research on ammonia–borane
and amine–borane dehydrogenation mediated by complex metal hydrides (CMHs), within …

Dehydrogenation and related reactions catalyzed by iridium pincer complexes

J Choi, AHR MacArthur, M Brookhart… - Chemical …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Since the seminal reports by Shaw and co-workers in the mid-1970s, 1-7 the chemistry of
pincer-ligated transition-metal complexes has experienced tremendous development and …

Modern applications of low-valent early transition metals in synthesis and catalysis

EP Beaumier, AJ Pearce, XY See… - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2019 - nature.com
Low-valent early transition metals are often intrinsically highly reactive as a result of their
strong propensity toward oxidation to more stable high-valent states. Harnessing these …

Cooperative approaches in catalytic hydrogenation and dehydrogenation

MA Stevens, AL Colebatch - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal–ligand cooperativity (MLC) is an established strategy for developing effective
hydrogenation and dehydrogenation catalysts. Metal–metal cooperativity (MMC) in …

Amine− and phosphine− borane adducts: new interest in old molecules

A Staubitz, APM Robertson, ME Sloan… - Chemical …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Chem. Rev. 2010, 110, 4023–4078 4023 10.1021/cr100105a 2010 American Chemical
Society Published on Web 07/14/2010 dates from the 19th century. Since 2000, these …

Amine–Boranes as transfer hydrogenation and hydrogenation reagents: A mechanistic perspective

S Lau, D Gasperini, RL Webster - … Chemie International Edition, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Transfer hydrogenation (TH) has historically been dominated by Meerwein–Ponndorf–
Verley (MPV) reactions. However, with growing interest in amine–boranes, not least …

Recent progress with pincer transition metal catalysts for sustainability

L Piccirilli, D Lobo Justo Pinheiro, M Nielsen - Catalysts, 2020 - mdpi.com
Our planet urgently needs sustainable solutions to alleviate the anthropogenic global
warming and climate change. Homogeneous catalysis has the potential to play a …

Phyto-mediated synthesis of nanoparticles and their applications on hydrogen generation on NaBH4, biological activities and photodegradation on azo dyes …

J Lin, F Gulbagca, A Aygun, RNE Tiri, C Xia… - Food and Chemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
This work reports the synthesis of the silver-platinum bimetallic nanoparticles (N@ Pt-Ag
BNPs) reduced by an ethanolic extract of black seed (Nigella sativa, N) using the green …