First-generation organic reaction intermediates in zeolite chemistry and catalysis

X Gong, M Caglayan, Y Ye, K Liu, J Gascon… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Zeolite chemistry and catalysis are expected to play a decisive role in the next decade (s) to
build a more decentralized renewable feedstock-dependent sustainable society owing to the …

Progress and challenges in nitrous oxide decomposition and valorization

X Wu, J Du, Y Gao, H Wang, C Zhang… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Nitrous oxide (N2O) decomposition is increasingly acknowledged as a viable strategy for
mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and addressing ozone depletion, aligning significantly …

Single atom catalysts for selective methane oxidation to oxygenates

P Kumar, TA Al-Attas, J Hu, MG Kibria - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
Direct conversion of methane (CH4) to C1–2 liquid oxygenates is a captivating approach to
lock carbons in transportable value-added chemicals, while reducing global warming …

Activation and conversion of alkanes in the confined space of zeolite-type materials

P Del Campo, C Martínez, A Corma - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Microporous zeolite-type materials, with crystalline porous structures formed by well-defined
channels and cages of molecular dimensions, have been widely employed as …

Computational approach to molecular catalysis by 3d transition metals: challenges and opportunities

KD Vogiatzis, MV Polynski, JK Kirkland… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Computational chemistry provides a versatile toolbox for studying mechanistic details of
catalytic reactions and holds promise to deliver practical strategies to enable the rational in …

Reactive high-spin iron (IV)-oxo sites through dioxygen activation in a metal–organic framework

K Hou, J Börgel, HZH Jiang, DJ SantaLucia, H Kwon… - Science, 2023 - science.org
In nature, nonheme iron enzymes use dioxygen to generate high-spin iron (IV)= O species
for a variety of oxygenation reactions. Although synthetic chemists have long sought to …

Interlayer Structure Manipulation of Iron Oxychloride by Potassium Cation Intercalation to Steer H2O2 Activation Pathway

J Wang, KP Hou, Y Wen, H Liu, H Wang… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Structural regulation of the active centers is often pivotal in controlling the catalytic functions,
especially in iron-based oxidation systems. Here, we discovered a significantly altered …

Beyond radical rebound: methane oxidation to methanol catalyzed by iron species in metal–organic framework nodes

MC Simons, SD Prinslow, M Babucci… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Recent work has exploited the ability of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) to isolate Fe sites
that mimic the structures of sites in enzymes that catalyze selective oxidations at low …

Cage effects control the mechanism of methane hydroxylation in zeolites

BER Snyder, ML Bols, HM Rhoda, D Plessers… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Catalytic conversion of methane to methanol remains an economically tantalizing but
fundamentally challenging goal. Current technologies based on zeolites deactivate too …

Iron-and cobalt-catalyzed C (sp 3)–H bond functionalization reactions and their application in organic synthesis

Y Liu, T You, HX Wang, Z Tang, CY Zhou… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Direct C–H bond functionalization catalyzed by non-precious transition metals is an
attractive strategy in synthetic chemistry. Compared with the precious metals rhodium …