Mechanochemistry: new tools to navigate the uncharted territory of “impossible” reactions

F Cuccu, L De Luca, F Delogu, E Colacino… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Mechanochemical transformations have made chemists enter unknown territories, forcing a
different chemistry perspective. While questioning or revisiting familiar concepts belonging …

% V Bur index and steric maps: from predictive catalysis to machine learning

S Escayola, N Bahri-Laleh, A Poater - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Steric indices are parameters used in chemistry to describe the spatial arrangement of
atoms or groups of atoms in molecules. They are important in determining the reactivity …

Group 16 conjugated polymers based on furan, thiophene, selenophene, and tellurophene

S Ye, V Lotocki, H Xu, DS Seferos - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Five-membered aromatic rings containing Group 16 elements (O, S, Se, and Te), also
referred as chalcogenophenes, are ubiquitous building blocks for π-conjugated polymers …

Pd (II) and Ni (II) complexes containing ONNO tetradentate Schiff base ligand: Synthesis, crystal structure, spectral characterization, theoretical studies, and use of PdL …

H Kargar, M Fallah-Mehrjardi… - Polyhedron, 2022 - Elsevier
Two new palladium (II) and nickel (II) Schiff base complexes are prepared through the
reaction of Pd (OAc) 2 and Ni (OAc) 2· 4H 2 O with a tetradentate ONNO Schiff base, derived …

Experimental Evidence for Zerovalent Pd(NHC) as a Competent Catalyst in C–N Cross-Coupling (NHC = DiMeIHeptCl)

V Semeniuchenko, S Sharif, N Rana… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Use of the branched N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligand 1, 3-bis (2, 6-bis (3-methyl-1-(2-
methylpropyl) butyl) phenyl)-4, 5-dichloro-1, 3-dihydro-2 H-imidazole-2-ylidene …

Pd-functionalized polydopamine-coated polyurethane foam: a readily prepared and highly reusable structured catalyst for selective alkyne semi-hydrogenation and …

H Peng, X Zhang, V Papaefthimiou, C Pham-Huu… - Green …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
A polyurethane foam (PUF) was coated with a thin layer of polydopamine (PDA), and Pd
strongly anchored onto PDA via simple immersion of PDA@ PUF in a hydro-alcoholic …

Platinum group metal (PGM) complexes having acylthiourea ligand system as catalysts or anticancer agents

S Swaminathan, P Jerome, RJ Deepak… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
The intention behind the design of a metal complex is quite crucial for its development
towards a particular application. Transition metal complexes have tremendously become …

Bioorthogonal nanozymes: an emerging strategy for disease therapy

Z Zhang, K Fan - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Transition metal catalysts (TMCs), capable of performing bioorthogonal reactions, have
been engineered to trigger the formation of bioactive molecules in a controlled manner for …

Computational mechanistic study in organometallic catalysis: Why prediction is still a challenge

N Fey, JM Lynam - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Although computational contributions to the understanding of organometallic homogeneous
catalysts have become fairly routine, a step‐change in the application of computational …

Preserving surface strain in nanocatalysts via morphology control

C Shi, Z Cheng, A Leonardi, Y Yang, M Engel… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Engineering strain critically affects the properties of materials and has extensive applications
in semiconductors and quantum systems. However, the deployment of strain-engineered …