scholarly journals Catalytic activation of a non-noble intermetallic surface through nanostructuration under hydrogenation conditions revealed by atomistic thermodynamics

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (15) ◽  
pp. 7422-7431 ◽  
Author(s):  
É. Gaudry ◽  
C. Chatelier ◽  
D. Loffreda ◽  
D. Kandaskalov ◽  
A. Coati ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Conditions ◽  
Catalytic Activation ◽  
Atomistic Thermodynamics

On the basis of DFT, we predict nanostructuration and subsequent catalytic activation of Al13Co4(100) under reaction conditions, while Al13Fe4(010) remains nanostructured.

scholarly journals Photo-Induced Thiolate Catalytic Activation of Inert Caryl-Hetero Bonds for Radical Borylation

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shun Wang ◽  
Hua Wang ◽  
Burkhard Koenig
Keyword(s):  
Bond Activation ◽  
Reducing Power ◽  
Cross Coupling ◽  
Coupling Reactions ◽  
Reaction Conditions ◽  
Catalytic Activation ◽  
Cross Coupling Reactions ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Leaving Groups ◽  
Metal Catalyzed

Cross-coupling reactions are essential tools in modern synthesis of drugs, natural products and materials. The recent developments in photocatalytic radical generation have improved and expanded the classic metal-catalyzed cross coupling reactions even further. However, for sp<sup>2</sup> cross coupling reactions aryl halides or related active leaving groups, such as triflates, are required. Substituted arenes bearing strong C-X bonds remain inert to current methods. We describe now a new thiolate photocatalysis for the activation of inert substituted arenes in ipso-borylation reactions. This catalytic system exhibits strong reducing power and allows the borylation of stable C<sub>aryl</sub>−F, C<sub>aryl</sub>−O, C<sub>aryl</sub>-N and C<sub>aryl</sub>−S bonds, which are considered as chemically stable at mild reaction conditions. Our method considerably widens the available substrate scope of aryl radical precursors and we anticipate that this report will inspire new chemistry based on inert chemical bond activation.

scholarly journals Photo-Induced Thiolate Catalytic Activation of Inert Caryl-Hetero Bonds for Radical Borylation

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shun Wang ◽  
Hua Wang ◽  
Burkhard Koenig
Keyword(s):  
Bond Activation ◽  
Reducing Power ◽  
Cross Coupling ◽  
Coupling Reactions ◽  
Reaction Conditions ◽  
Catalytic Activation ◽  
Cross Coupling Reactions ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Leaving Groups ◽  
Metal Catalyzed

Cross-coupling reactions are essential tools in modern synthesis of drugs, natural products and materials. The recent developments in photocatalytic radical generation have improved and expanded the classic metal-catalyzed cross coupling reactions even further. However, for sp<sup>2</sup> cross coupling reactions aryl halides or related active leaving groups, such as triflates, are required. Substituted arenes bearing strong C-X bonds remain inert to current methods. We describe now a new thiolate photocatalysis for the activation of inert substituted arenes in ipso-borylation reactions. This catalytic system exhibits strong reducing power and allows the borylation of stable C<sub>aryl</sub>−F, C<sub>aryl</sub>−O, C<sub>aryl</sub>-N and C<sub>aryl</sub>−S bonds, which are considered as chemically stable at mild reaction conditions. Our method considerably widens the available substrate scope of aryl radical precursors and we anticipate that this report will inspire new chemistry based on inert chemical bond activation.

scholarly journals Catalytic activation of ethylene C-H bonds on uniform d8 Ir(I) and Ni(II) cations in zeolites: toward molecular level understanding of ethylene polymerization on heterogeneous catalysts

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas R. Jaegers ◽  
Konstantin Khivantsev ◽  
Libor Kovarik ◽  
Dan Klaus ◽  
Jian Zhi Hu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heterogeneous Catalysts ◽  
Molecular Level ◽  
Ambient Conditions ◽  
Reaction Conditions ◽  
Catalytic Activation ◽  
Dehydrogenative Coupling ◽  
Ethylene Conversion ◽  
Active Metal ◽  
First Time

<div> <p>The homolytic activation of the strong C-H bonds in ethylene is demonstrated, for the first time, on d<sup>8</sup> Ir(I) and Ni(II) single atoms in the cationic positions of zeolites H-FAU and H-BEA under ambient conditions. The oxidative addition of C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub> to the metal center occurs with the formation of a d<sup>6</sup> metal vinyl hydride, explaining the initiation of the Cossee-Arlman cycle on d<sup>8</sup> M(I/II) sites in the absence of pre-existing M-H bonds. Under mild reaction conditions (80-220ᵒC, 1 bar), the catalytic dimerization to butenes and dehydrogenative coupling of ethylene to butadiene occurs over these catalysts. Butene-1 is not converted to butadiene under the reaction conditions applied. Post-reaction characterization of the two materials reveals that the active metal cations remain site-isolated whereas deactivation occurs due to the formation of carbonaceous deposits on the zeolites. Our findings have significant implications for the molecular level understanding of ethylene conversion and the development of new ways to functionalize C-H bonds under mild conditions.</p> </div>

scholarly journals Catalytic activation of ethylene C-H bonds on uniform d8 Ir(I) and Ni(II) cations in zeolites: toward molecular level understanding of ethylene polymerization on heterogeneous catalysts

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas R. Jaegers ◽  
Konstantin Khivantsev ◽  
Libor Kovarik ◽  
Dan Klaus ◽  
Jian Zhi Hu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heterogeneous Catalysts ◽  
Molecular Level ◽  
Ambient Conditions ◽  
Reaction Conditions ◽  
Catalytic Activation ◽  
Dehydrogenative Coupling ◽  
Ethylene Conversion ◽  
Active Metal ◽  
First Time

<div> <p>The homolytic activation of the strong C-H bonds in ethylene is demonstrated, for the first time, on d<sup>8</sup> Ir(I) and Ni(II) single atoms in the cationic positions of zeolites H-FAU and H-BEA under ambient conditions. The oxidative addition of C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub> to the metal center occurs with the formation of a d<sup>6</sup> metal vinyl hydride, explaining the initiation of the Cossee-Arlman cycle on d<sup>8</sup> M(I/II) sites in the absence of pre-existing M-H bonds. Under mild reaction conditions (80-220ᵒC, 1 bar), the catalytic dimerization to butenes and dehydrogenative coupling of ethylene to butadiene occurs over these catalysts. Butene-1 is not converted to butadiene under the reaction conditions applied. Post-reaction characterization of the two materials reveals that the active metal cations remain site-isolated whereas deactivation occurs due to the formation of carbonaceous deposits on the zeolites. Our findings have significant implications for the molecular level understanding of ethylene conversion and the development of new ways to functionalize C-H bonds under mild conditions.</p> </div>

Undecagold labeling of tRNA

1991 ◽  
Vol 49 ◽  
pp. 44-45
Author(s):  
James F. Hainfeld ◽  
Kyra M. Alford ◽  
Mathias Sprinzl ◽  
Valsan Mandiyan ◽  
Santa J. Tumminia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Transmission Electron Micrograph ◽  
Anticodon Loop ◽  
Electron Micrograph ◽  
Reaction Conditions ◽  
Scanning Transmission Electron ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Scanning Transmission

The undecagold (Au11) cluster was used to covalently label tRNA molecules at two specific ribonucleotides, one at position 75, and one at position 32 near the anticodon loop. Two different Au11 derivatives were used, one with a monomaleimide and one with a monoiodacetamide to effect efficient reactions.The first tRNA labeled was yeast tRNAphe which had a 2-thiocytidine (s2C) enzymatically introduced at position 75. This was found to react with the iodoacetamide-Aun derivative (Fig. 1) but not the maleimide-Aun (Fig. 2). Reaction conditions were 37° for 16 hours. Addition of dimethylformamide (DMF) up to 70% made no improvement in the labeling yield. A high resolution scanning transmission electron micrograph (STEM) taken using the darkfield elastically scattered electrons is shown in Fig. 3.

Dimensionally-Controlled Hydrothermal Tm3+-doped Oxidic Nanocrystals and Their Photoluminescence Properties

2010 ◽  
Vol 1247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rocío Calderón-Villajos ◽  
Carlos Zaldo ◽  
Concepción Cascales
Keyword(s):  
Single Crystals ◽  
Fluorescence Lifetimes ◽  
Photoluminescence Properties ◽  
Reaction Conditions ◽  
Hydrothermal Processes ◽  
Bulk Single Crystals ◽  
Template Free ◽  
Reaction Media

AbstractControlled reaction conditions in simple, template-free hydrothermal processes yield Tm-Lu2O3 and Tm-GdVO4 nanocrystals with well-defined specific morphologies and sizes. In both oxide families, nanocrystals prepared at pH 7 reaction media exhibit photoluminescence in ∼1.95 μm similar to bulk single crystals. For the lowest Tm3+ concentration (0.2 % mol) in GdVO4 measured 3H4 and 3F4 fluorescence lifetimes τ are very near to τrad.

Urea-Catalyzed Functionalization of Unactivated C–H Bonds

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex L. Bagdasarian ◽  
Stasik Popov ◽  
Benjamin Wigman ◽  
Wenjing Wei ◽  
woojin lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Bonding ◽  
Organic Synthesis ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Acid Catalysts ◽  
Potential Utility ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Lewis Acid Catalysts ◽  
Reaction Conditions ◽  
Highly Active ◽  
Acidic Nature

Herein we report the 3,5bistrifluoromethylphenyl urea-catalyzed functionalization of unactivated C–H bonds. In this system, the urea catalyst mediates the formation of high-energy vinyl carbocations that undergo facile C–H insertion and Friedel–Crafts reactions. We introduce a new paradigm for these privileged scaffolds where the combination of hydrogen bonding motifs and strong bases affords highly active Lewis acid catalysts capable of ionizing strong C–O bonds. Despite the highly Lewis acidic nature of these catalysts that enables triflate abstraction from sp<sup>2</sup> carbons, these newly found reaction conditions allow for the formation of heterocycles and tolerate highly Lewis basic heteroaromatic substrates. This strategy showcases the potential utility of dicoordinated vinyl carbocations in organic synthesis.<br>

Urea-Catalyzed Functionalization of Unactivated C–H Bonds

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex L. Bagdasarian ◽  
Stasik Popov ◽  
Benjamin Wigman ◽  
Wenjing Wei ◽  
woojin lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Bonding ◽  
Organic Synthesis ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Acid Catalysts ◽  
Potential Utility ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Lewis Acid Catalysts ◽  
Reaction Conditions ◽  
Highly Active ◽  
Acidic Nature

Herein we report the 3,5bistrifluoromethylphenyl urea-catalyzed functionalization of unactivated C–H bonds. In this system, the urea catalyst mediates the formation of high-energy vinyl carbocations that undergo facile C–H insertion and Friedel–Crafts reactions. We introduce a new paradigm for these privileged scaffolds where the combination of hydrogen bonding motifs and strong bases affords highly active Lewis acid catalysts capable of ionizing strong C–O bonds. Despite the highly Lewis acidic nature of these catalysts that enables triflate abstraction from sp<sup>2</sup> carbons, these newly found reaction conditions allow for the formation of heterocycles and tolerate highly Lewis basic heteroaromatic substrates. This strategy showcases the potential utility of dicoordinated vinyl carbocations in organic synthesis.<br>

Direct Cyclization of Alkenyl Thioester via Transition Metal‐hydrogen Atom Transfer/radical‐polar Crossover Mechanism

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiori Date ◽  
Kensei Hamasaki ◽  
Karen Sunagawa ◽  
Hiroki Koyama ◽  
Chikayoshi Sebe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Hydrogen Atom ◽  
Transition Metal ◽  
Hydrogen Atom Transfer ◽  
Synthetic Method ◽  
Atom Transfer ◽  
Reaction Conditions ◽  
Hydride Hydrogen ◽  
Sulfur Heterocycles ◽  
One Step

<div>We report here a catalytic, Markovnikov selective, and scalable synthetic method for the synthesis of saturated sulfur heterocycles, which are found in the structures of pharmaceuticals and natural products, in one step from an alkenyl thioester. Unlike a potentially labile alkenyl thiol, an alkenyl thioester is stable and easy to prepare. The powerful Co catalysis via a cobalt hydride hydrogen atom transfer and radical-polar crossover mechanism enabled simultaneous cyclization and deprotection. The substrate scope was expanded by the extensive optimization of the reaction conditions and tuning of the thioester unit.</div>

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