Molecular electrostatic potential analysis: A powerful tool to interpret and predict chemical reactivity

CH Suresh, GS Remya… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The molecular electrostatic potential (MESP) V (r) data derived from a reliable quantum
chemical method has been widely used for the interpretation and prediction of various …

Computational ligand descriptors for catalyst design

DJ Durand, N Fey - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Ligands, especially phosphines and carbenes, can play a key role in modifying and
controlling homogeneous organometallic catalysts, and they often provide a convenient …

Imidazolium Ionic Liquids, Imidazolylidene Heterocyclic Carbenes, and Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks for CO2 Capture and Photochemical Reduction

S Wang, X Wang - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Imidazolium ionic liquids (ILs), imidazolylidene N‐heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs), and
zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs) are imidazolate motifs which have been extensively …

Molecular electrostatic potential topology analysis of noncovalent interactions

CH Suresh, S Anila - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The topology of molecular electrostatic potential (MESP), V (r), derived from a
reliable quantum chemical method has been used as a powerful tool for the study of …

Thermodynamic Aspects of Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction in Acetonitrile and with an Ionic Liquid as Solvent or Electrolyte

Y Matsubara, DC Grills, Y Kuwahara - Acs Catalysis, 2015 - ACS Publications
The electrochemical reduction of CO2 has been proposed as a key sustainable energy
technology to produce C1 feedstocks (eg, CO) and useful fuels (eg, formic acid and …

Quantification and classification of substituent effects in organic chemistry: A theoretical molecular electrostatic potential study

GS Remya, CH Suresh - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Substituent effects in organic chemistry are generally described in terms of experimentally
derived Hammett parameters whereas a convenient theoretical tool to study these effects in …

Structurally simple complexes of CO 2

LJ Murphy, KN Robertson, RA Kemp… - Chemical …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The ability to bind CO2 through the formation of low-energy, easily-broken, bonds could
prove invaluable in a variety of chemical contexts. For example, weak bonds to CO2 would …

The Real Role of N-Heterocyclic Carbene in Reductive Functionalization of CO2: An Alternative Understanding from Density Functional Theory Study

Q Zhou, Y Li - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2015 - ACS Publications
The mechanisms of reductive functionalization of CO2 to formamide catalyzed by N-
heterocyclic carbene (NHC) were comprehensively studied with DFT calculations. New …

Highly efficient electrochemical reduction of CO 2 into formic acid over lead dioxide in an ionic liquid–catholyte mixture

H Wu, J Song, C Xie, Y Hu, B Han - Green Chemistry, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of efficient electrocatalytic systems for CO2 conversion with high current
density and high Faradaic efficiency simultaneously is crucially important but challenging …

Liberation of N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) from thermally labile progenitors: protected NHCs as versatile tools in organo-and polymerization catalysis

S Naumann, MR Buchmeiser - Catalysis Science & Technology, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
This mini-review describes the thermal in situ generation of N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs)
from various heat sensitive precursors for use in organocatalysis and in polymer chemistry …