Autocatalysis: Kinetics, mechanisms and design

AI Hanopolskyi, VA Smaliak, AI Novichkov… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The importance of autocatalysis spans from practical applications such as in chemically
amplified photoresists, to autocatalysis playing a fundamental role in evolution as well as a …

Engineering second sphere interactions in a host–guest multicomponent catalyst system for the hydrogenation of carbon dioxide to methanol

TM Rayder, AT Bensalah, B Li, JA Byers… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Many enzymes utilize interactions extending beyond the primary coordination sphere to
enhance catalyst activity and/or selectivity. Such interactions could improve the efficacy of …

Intermolecular dearomative [4+ 2] cycloaddition of naphthalenes via visible-light energy-transfer-catalysis

P Rai, K Maji, SK Jana, B Maji - Chemical Science, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The dearomative cycloaddition reaction serves as a blueprint for creating sp3-rich three-
dimensional molecular topology from flat-aromatic compounds. However, severe reactivity …

Spatiotemporal regulation of hydrogel actuators by autocatalytic reaction networks

A Paikar, AI Novichkov, AI Hanopolskyi… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Regulating hydrogel actuators with chemical reaction networks is instrumental for
constructing life‐inspired smart materials. Herein, hydrogel actuators are engineered that …

Rectification in molecular tunneling junctions based on alkanethiolates with bipyridine–metal complexes

J Park, L Belding, L Yuan, MPS Mousavi… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
This paper addresses the mechanism for rectification in molecular tunneling junctions based
on alkanethiolates terminated by a bipyridine group complexed with a metal ion, that is …

Mechanistic Basis of the Cu(OAc)2 Catalyzed Azide-Ynamine (3 + 2) Cycloaddition Reaction

RP Bunschoten, F Peschke… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The Cu-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) reaction is used as a ligation tool
throughout chemical and biological sciences. Despite the pervasiveness of CuAAC, there is …

Azide–Alkyne “Click” Reaction in Water Using Parts-Per-Million Amine-Functionalized Azoaromatic Cu (I) Complex as Catalyst: Effect of the Amine Side Arm

M Khatua, B Goswami, Kamal, S Samanta - Inorganic Chemistry, 2021 - ACS Publications
A series of Cu (II) complexes, 1–4 and 6, were synthesized through a reaction of amine-
functionalized pincer-like ligands, HL 1, 2, L a, b, and a bidentate ligand L 1 with CuCl2 …

Mechanism of the visible-light-mediated copper-catalyzed coupling reaction of phenols and alkynes

P Xiao, CX Li, WH Fang, G Cui… - Journal of the American …, 2018 - ACS Publications
A recent experimental study reported a visible-light-mediated aerobic oxidative coupling
reaction of phenol with alkynes that produces hydroxyl-functionalized aryl ketones using …

Bioinspired Ether Cyclizations within a π‐Basic Capsule Compared to Autocatalysis on π‐Acidic Surfaces and Pnictogen‐Bonding Catalysts

X Hao, TR Li, H Chen, A Gini, X Zhang… - … A European Journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
While the integration of supramolecular principles in catalysis attracts increasing attention, a
direct comparative assessment of the resulting systems catalysts to work out distinct …

Autocatalytic and oscillatory reaction networks that form guanidines and products of their cyclization

AI Novichkov, AI Hanopolskyi, X Miao… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Autocatalytic and oscillatory networks of organic reactions are important for designing life-
inspired materials and for better understanding the emergence of life on Earth; however, the …