Tuning metal–metal interactions for cooperative small molecule activation

Q Wang, SH Brooks, T Liu, NC Tomson - Chemical Communications, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Cluster complexes have attracted interest for decades due to their promise of drawing
analogies to metallic surfaces and metalloenzyme active sites, but only recently have …

Recent Progress on Cyclic Nitrenoid Precursors in Transition‐Metal‐Catalyzed Nitrene‐Transfer Reactions

T Shimbayashi, K Sasakura, A Eguchi… - … A European Journal, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Nitrene‐transfer reactions are powerful synthetic tools for the direct incorporation of nitrogen
atoms into organic molecules. The discovery of novel nitrene‐transfer reactions has been …

Cooperative effects in multimetallic complexes applied in catalysis

R Maity, BS Birenheide, F Breher, B Sarkar - ChemCatChem, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The field of multimetallic catalysis is rapidly developing and some multimetallic complexes
catalyze organic transformations to yield the desired products in more efficient ways owing …

Unimolecular chiral stepping inversion machine

Y Sun, L Liu, L Jiang, Y Chen, H Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Intelligent molecular machines that are driven by light, electricity, and temperature have
attracted considerable interest in the fields of chemistry, materials, and biology. Herein, a …

Design and synthesis of visible-light-responsive azobenzene building blocks for chemical biology

J Volarić, J Buter, AM Schulte… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Tetra-ortho-fluoro-azobenzenes are a class of photoswitches useful for the construction of
visible-light-controlled molecular systems. They can be used to achieve spatio-temporal …

Circular discovery in small molecule and conjugated polymer synthetic methodology

AL Mayhugh, P Yadav… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Simple and efficient methods are a key consideration for small molecule and polymer
syntheses. Direct arylation polymerization (DArP) is of increasing interest for preparing …

Azobenzene-based photoswitchable catalysts: State of the art and perspectives

R Liu, X Zhang, F Xia, Y Dai - Journal of Catalysis, 2022 - Elsevier
Photoswitchable catalysts are becoming attractive materials for catalytic applications
because of their favorable characteristics, such as customizable catalytic activity and …

Bimetallics in a nutshell: complexes supported by chelating naphthyridine-based ligands

AN Desnoyer, A Nicolay, P Rios… - Accounts of chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Bimetallic motifs are a structural feature common to some of the most effective
and synthetically useful catalysts known, including in the active sites of many …

Metal‐metal cooperation in dinucleating complexes involving late transition metals directed towards organic catalysis

N Xiong, G Zhang, X Sun, R Zeng - Chinese Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Cooperatively bimetallic organic catalysis, coupling actions of two metal centers in a
catalytic organic transformation via co‐activation of a single molecule or synergistic …

Cooperative H2 Activation on Dicopper(I) Facilitated by Reversible Dearomatization of an “Expanded PNNP Pincer” Ligand

E Kounalis, M Lutz, DLJ Broere - Chemistry–A European …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A naphthyridine‐derived expanded pincer ligand is described that can host two copper (I)
centers. The proton‐responsive ligand can undergo reversible partial and full …