Molecular catalysts with diphosphine ligands containing pendant amines

ES Wiedner, AM Appel, S Raugei, WJ Shaw… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Pendant amines play an invaluable role in chemical reactivity, especially for molecular
catalysts based on earth-abundant metals. As inspired by [FeFe]-hydrogenases, which …

Thermodynamic hydricity of transition metal hydrides

ES Wiedner, MB Chambers, CL Pitman… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Transition metal hydrides play a critical role in stoichiometric and catalytic transformations.
Knowledge of free energies for cleaving metal hydride bonds enables the prediction of …

Dehydrogenation of formic acid at room temperature: boosting palladium nanoparticle efficiency by coupling with pyridinic‐nitrogen‐doped carbon

QY Bi, JD Lin, YM Liu, HY He… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The use of formic acid (FA) to produce molecular H2 is a promising means of efficient energy
storage in a fuel‐cell‐based hydrogen economy. To date, there has been a lack of …

Molecular cobalt complexes with pendant amines for selective electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide to formic acid

S Roy, B Sharma, J Pécaut, P Simon… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
We report here on a new series of CO2-reducing molecular catalysts based on Earth-
abundant elements that are very selective for the production of formic acid in …

Hydricity of Transition-Metal Hydrides: Thermodynamic Considerations for CO2 Reduction

KM Waldie, AL Ostericher, MH Reineke… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The hydricity Δ G° H–of a metal hydride is an important parameter for describing the
reactivity of such complexes. Here, we compile a comprehensive data set consisting of 51 …

Energy-efficient CO2/CO interconversion by homogeneous copper-based molecular catalysts

S Guria, D Dolui, C Das, S Ghorai, V Vishal… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Facile conversion of CO2 to commercially viable carbon feedstocks offer a unique way to
adopt a net-zero carbon scenario. Synthetic CO2-reducing catalysts have rarely exhibited …

Surface Hydrides on Fe2P Electrocatalyst Reduce CO2 at Low Overpotential: Steering Selectivity to Ethylene Glycol

KUD Calvinho, AW Alherz, KMK Yap… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Development of efficient electrocatalysts for the CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) to
multicarbon products has been constrained by high overpotentials and poor selectivity …

Brønsted–Lowry acid strength of metal hydride and dihydrogen complexes

RH Morris - Chemical Reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Transition metal hydride complexes are usually amphoteric, not only acting as hydride
donors, but also as Brønsted–Lowry acids. A simple additive ligand acidity constant …

Reducing CO2 to HCO2 at Mild Potentials: Lessons from Formate Dehydrogenase

JY Yang, TA Kerr, XS Wang… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The catalytic reduction of CO2 to HCO2–requires a formal transfer of a hydride (two
electrons, one proton). Synthetic approaches for inorganic molecular catalysts have …

Thermodynamic Considerations for Optimizing Selective CO2 Reduction by Molecular Catalysts

JM Barlow, JY Yang - ACS central science, 2019 - ACS Publications
Energetically efficient electrocatalysts with high product selectivity are desirable targets for
sustainable chemical fuel generation using renewable electricity. Recycling CO2 by …