Metalloporphyrins as catalytic models for studying hydrogen and oxygen evolution and oxygen reduction reactions

X Li, H Lei, L **e, N Wang, W Zhang… - Accounts of Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), oxygen evolution reaction (OER), and
oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) are involved in biological and artificial energy conversions …

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 …

Electro-and solar-driven fuel synthesis with first row transition metal complexes

KE Dalle, J Warnan, JJ Leung, B Reuillard… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The synthesis of renewable fuels from abundant water or the greenhouse gas CO2 is a
major step toward creating sustainable and scalable energy storage technologies. In the last …

First-row transition metal (de) hydrogenation catalysis based on functional pincer ligands

L Alig, M Fritz, S Schneider - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
The use of 3d metals in de/hydrogenation catalysis has emerged as a competitive field with
respect to “traditional” precious metal catalyzed transformations. The introduction of …

Asymmetric hydrogenation catalyzed by first-row transition metal complexes

J Wen, F Wang, X Zhang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
This review provides a comprehensive view of the application of first-row transition metals in
asymmetric hydrogenation and asymmetric transfer hydrogenation. The catalytic behavior of …

[FeFe]-Hydrogenases: maturation and reactivity of enzymatic systems and overview of biomimetic models

JT Kleinhaus, F Wittkamp, S Yadav… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
While hydrogen plays an ever-increasing role in modern society, nature has utilized
hydrogen since a very long time as an energy carrier and storage molecule. Among the …

Hydride transfer reactions catalyzed by cobalt complexes

W Ai, R Zhong, X Liu, Q Liu - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Cobalt has become increasingly attractive in homogeneous catalysis because of its unique
characteristics and outstanding catalytic performance in addition to being cheap and earth …

Hydrogenase enzymes and their synthetic models: the role of metal hydrides

D Schilter, JM Camara, MT Huynh… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Hydrogenase enzymes efficiently process H2 and protons at organometallic FeFe, NiFe, or
Fe active sites. Synthetic modeling of the many H2ase states has provided insight into …

The essential role of bond energetics in C–H activation/functionalization

XS Xue, P Ji, B Zhou, JP Cheng - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
The most fundamental concepts in chemistry are structure, energetics, reactivity and their
inter-relationships, which are indispensable for promoting chemistry into a rational science …

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 …