Focal Interest
Focal Interest

Catalysis

  1. Porphyrin composites improved pentachlorophenol degradation
    Zinc porphyrin composites with titanium dioxide and graphene quantum dots achieve 97% pentachlorophenol degradation when combined with hydrogen peroxide pretreatment.
  2. Organocatalytic CDC adds fluoronitromethane to tetrahydroisoquinolines
    Organocatalytic cross-dehydrogenative coupling of tetrahydroisoquinolines with fluoronitromethane using Rose Bengal and green LED irradiation for sustainable fluorinated compound synthesis.
  3. Catalytic Oxidation of Hydrogen in Air Streams
    High school research on catalytic oxidation of hydrogen in air streams, examining catalyst performance and oxidation efficiency under controlled laboratory conditions.
  4. Organophotoredox alkylation expands access to SF5-containing aliphatic molecules
    Metal-free organophotoredox catalysis enables efficient alkylation of vinylsulfur pentafluoride to synthesize SF5-containing aliphatic molecules under mild conditions with broad functional group.
  5. Three-layer strategy rapidly produces fused hydantoins and diketopiperazines
    A scalable three-layer synthesis strategy rapidly produces thiazolo-hydantoins and diketopiperazines in under 3 hours without chromatography, enabling one-pot processing and late-stage modification.
  6. P-H bond pKa values of triorganophosphonium salts measured in toluene
    Experimental pKa values of P-H bonds in triorganophosphonium bistriflimides determined in toluene using spectroscopy and DFT, providing guidelines for catalytic phosphine generation.
  7. Light-induced CO2 binding and reduction in a cerium MOF
    Cerium metal-organic framework with amino linkers achieves 100% selective photoreduction of CO2 to CO at 126 μmol·g-1·h-1 via transient Ce(III) sites and reversible binding.
  8. Oxoammonium catalysis enables enantioselective desymmetrization of meso-pyrrolidines
    Oxoammonium-catalyzed desymmetrization of meso-pyrrolidines via enantioselective hydride transfer with over 90% ee, featuring mechanistic insights from isolated intermediates.
  9. Crystal phase changes catalyst performance for different VOCs
    Phase-dependent V2O5/TiO2 catalysts achieve >90% simultaneous NOx and VOC removal using tandem reactor configuration with anatase and rutile phases optimized for distinct pollutant substrates.
  10. Organocatalytic method esterifies P(O)–OH compounds with alcohols
    Organocatalytic metal-free esterification of phosphoryl compounds with alcohols via catalytic Mitsunobu protocol, yielding phosphinate esters with broad functional group tolerance.
  11. CaCd2P2 stays stable under alkaline water oxidation
    CaCd2P2 Zintl phosphide absorbs visible light and resists photocorrosion through light-stabilized surface transformation, enabling stable photoelectrochemical water oxidation for solar fuel.
  12. Pyridinium catalysis enables stereoselective 2-deoxy-2-fluoroglycoside assembly
    Pyridinium-catalyzed stereoselective synthesis of 2-deoxy-2-fluoroglycosides via syn-addition to 2-fluoroglycals with mechanistic insights from NMR and DFT studies.
  13. Photoredox method enables deoxytrifluoromethoxylation of phenols
    Photoredox-catalyzed deoxytrifluoromethoxylation installs OCF3 groups on phenols via in situ difluorophosgene generation and aryl carbonofluoridate activation.