The broadening reach of frustrated Lewis pair chemistry

DW Stephan - Science, 2016 - science.org
BACKGROUND Since the work of Sabatier 100 year ago, chemists have turned almost
exclusively to metals to activate H2 by weakening or cleaving its central bond. This …

New Insights into the Cooperativity and Dynamics of Dimeric Enzymes

KW Chen, TY Sun, YD Wu - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
A survey of protein databases indicates that the majority of enzymes exist in oligomeric
forms, with about half of those found in the UniProt database being homodimeric …

Synthesis of ultrasmall, homogeneously alloyed, bimetallic nanoparticles on silica supports

A Wong, Q Liu, S Griffin, A Nicholls, JR Regalbuto - Science, 2017 - science.org
Supported nanoparticles containing more than one metal have a variety of applications in
sensing, catalysis, and biomedicine. Common synthesis techniques for this type of material …

Metal–metal bonds in catalysis

IG Powers, C Uyeda - Acs Catalysis, 2017 - ACS Publications
Transition metals can assemble to form multinuclear complexes by engaging in direct metal-
to-metal interactions. Metal–metal covalent bonds provide a large perturbation in electronic …

Dinuclear Metal Synergistic Catalysis Boosts Photochemical CO2‐to‐CO Conversion

T Ouyang, HJ Wang, HH Huang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The solar‐driven CO2 reduction is a challenge in the field of “artificial photosynthesis”, as
most catalysts display low activity and selectivity for CO2 reduction in water‐containing …

Overcoming immiscibility toward bimetallic catalyst library

C Yang, BH Ko, S Hwang, Z Liu, Y Yao, W Luc… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Bimetallics are emerging as important materials that often exhibit distinct chemical
properties from monometallics. However, there is limited access to homogeneously alloyed …

Metal carbonyl clusters of groups 8–10: synthesis and catalysis

C Cesari, JH Shon, S Zacchini… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In this review article, we discuss advances in the chemistry of metal carbonyl clusters
(MCCs) spanning the last three decades, with an emphasis on the more recent reports and …

Cooperative Activation of CO2 and Epoxide by a Heterobinuclear Al–Fe Complex via Radical Pair Mechanisms

S Sinhababu, MR Radzhabov, J Telser… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Activation of inert molecules like CO2 is often mediated by cooperative chemistry between
two reactive sites within a catalytic assembly, the most common form of which is Lewis …

Switch in Selectivities by Dinuclear Nickel Catalysis: 1,4-Hydroarylation of 1,3-Dienes to Z-Olefins

K Chen, H Zhu, S Liu, J Bai, Y Guo, K Ding… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
One of the most challenging tasks in organic synthesis is to control selectivities, especially
switching the well-known selectivity to obtain new isomers that were previously inaccessible …

Rare-earth supported nickel catalysts for alkyne semihydrogenation: chemo-and regioselectivity impacted by the Lewis acidity and size of the support

BL Ramirez, CC Lu - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020 - ACS Publications
Bimetallic catalysts of nickel (0) with a trivalent rare-earth ion or Ga (III), NiML3 (where L is
[iPr2PCH2NPh]−, and M is Sc, Y, La, Lu, or Ga), were investigated for the selective …