Advances and challenges in modeling solvated reaction mechanisms for renewable fuels and chemicals

Y Basdogan, AM Maldonado… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We provide a critical overview of progress and challenges in computationally modeling
multistep reaction mechanisms relevant for catalysis and electrocatalysis. We first discuss …

Chemoselective quinoline and isoquinoline reduction by energy transfer catalysis enabled hydrogen atom transfer

DH Liu, K Nagashima, H Liang, XL Yue… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract (Hetero) arene reduction is one of the key avenues for synthesizing related cyclic
alkenes and alkanes. While catalytic hydrogenation and Birch reduction are the two broadly …

Computational investigation of CO 2 electroreduction on tin oxide and predictions of Ti, V, Nb and Zr dopants for improved catalysis

K Saravanan, Y Basdogan, J Dean… - Journal of Materials …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
We have used computational quantum chemistry and atomistic thermodynamics to identify
reaction intermediates for CO2 electroreduction on partially reduced tin oxide electrodes …

Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to methanol in the presence of benzannulated dihydropyridine additives

PK Giesbrecht, DE Herbert - ACS Energy Letters, 2017 - ACS Publications
Dihydropyridines (DHPs) have been postulated as active intermediates in the pyridine-
mediated electrochemical conversion of CO2 to methanol; however, the ability of isolated …

Ascorbic acid-mediated reactions in organic synthesis

A Das, RN Yadav, BK Banik - Current Organocatalysis, 2020 - ingentaconnect.com
Ascorbic acid is the most well-known vitamin found in different types of food. It has
tremendous medical applications in several different fields such as in pharmaceuticals …

Evaluating the Effects of Metal Adduction and Charge Isomerism on Ion-Mobility Measurements using m-Xylene Macrocycles as Models

DS Oluwatoba, MF Islam, B Som, AJ Sindt… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Gas-phase ion-mobility spectrometry provides a unique platform to study the effect of mobile
charge (s) or charge location on collisional cross section and ion separation. Here, we …

Photoreductive Removal of O-Benzyl Groups from Oxyarene N-Heterocycles Assisted by O-Pyridine–pyridone Tautomerism

AR Todorov, T Wirtanen, J Helaja - The Journal of Organic …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Facile photoreductive protocols have been developed to remove benzyl O-protective groups
from oxyarene N-heterocycles at positions capable for 2-/4-O-pyridine–2-/4-pyridone …

Electrochemical hydrogenation of a benzannulated pyridine to a dihydropyridine in acidic solution

PK Giesbrecht, DB Nemez, DE Herbert - Chemical Communications, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The electrochemistry of pyridines in acidic solution is dominated by a 'weak acid'reduction
on the cyclic voltammetry timescale. Here we show that electrochemical hydrogenation of a …

Synthesis of N-(2-SF5-ethyl) amines and impact of the SF5 substituent on their basicity and lipophilicity

A Gilbert, P Langowski, JF Paquin - Tetrahedron, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The synthesis of N-(2-SF 5-ethyl) amines is reported via the SN 2 reaction between
various amines and 2-(pentafluoro-λ 6-sulfanyl) ethyl trifluoromethanesulfonate as the SF 5 …

Electrochemical hydrogenation of α-ketoesters and benzoxazinones using carbon electrodes and a sustainable Brønsted acid

DB Nemez, BK Sidhu, PK Giesbrecht… - Organic Chemistry …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The direct electrochemical hydrogenation of unsaturated organic compounds containing CN
and CO bonds using glassy carbon electrodes and a widely available Brønsted acid is …