Photocatalytic Regulation of an Autocatalytic Wave of Spatially Propagating Enzymatic Reactions
10.1002/cctc.201702005 2018-04-06 Bioinspiration is an attractive way to develop new robust chemistry. In biological cell, chemical reactions form complex networks (e.g. signaling and metabolic) that communicate with each other and control cell division, growth, and interaction with environme... |
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Solution Synthesis of N,N‐Dimethylformamide‐Stabilized Iron‐Oxide Nanoparticles as an Efficient and Recyclable Catalyst for Alkene Hydrosilylation
10.1002/cctc.201800161 2018-03-30 Highly activated, monodispersed N,N‐dimethylformamide (DMF)‐stabilized iron‐oxide nanoparticles (Fe2O3 NPs) were synthesized by using iron(III) acetylacetonate as a precursor under open‐air conditions. The resulting Fe2O3 NPs were characterized by various tec... |
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Effect of Protective Agents upon the Catalytic Property of Platinum Nanocrystals
10.1002/cctc.201800133 2018-03-30 “Unprotected” Pt nanocrystals were modified with triphenylphosphine (PPh3), octadecylamine (ODA), poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP), poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA), and dodecanethiol (DT) to investigate the effect of protective agents on the intrinsic catalytic propert... |
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Amidinate Aluminium Complexes as Catalysts for Carbon Dioxide Fixation into Cyclic Carbonates
10.1002/cctc.201702014 2018-03-25 A series of inexpensive and sustainable amidinate aluminium complexes has been developed as catalysts for the chemical fixation of carbon dioxide into cyclic carbonates. The reactions using terminal epoxides as substrates were carried out at room temperature ... |
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Ni‐Ce/zeolites for CO2 hydrogenation to CH4: Effect of the metals incorporation order
10.1002/cctc.201800204 2018-03-24 The effect of the metals incorporation order used in the preparation of bimetallic ultrastable Y (USY) zeolite catalysts for CO2 methanation has been studied. Firstly, a Na‐USY(3) zeolite was impregnated with 5% of Ni and 3% of Ce in three ways: Ni before Ce ... |
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Temperature Programmed Oxidation Coupled with In Situ Techniques Reveal the Nature and Location of Coke Deposited on a Ni/La2O3‐αAl2O3 Catalyst in the Steam Reforming of Bio‐oil
10.1002/cctc.201701942 2018-03-23 The characterization of coke deposited on a Ni/La2O3‐αAl2O3 catalyst used in the steam reforming of bio‐oil has been studied by temperature programmed oxidation (TPO) coupled with different in situ techniques: thermogravimetry (TG), modulated thermogravimetry... |
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Efficient Solvent‐Free Carbon Dioxide Fixation Reactions with Epoxides Under Mild Conditions by Mixed‐Ligand Zinc(II) Metal–Organic Frameworks
10.1002/cctc.201800137 2018-03-23 Mixed‐ligand 3 D/2 D Zn metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) {[Zn(bdc)(L1)]⋅x G}n (ZnMOF‐1) and {[Zn(ipa)(L2)]}n (ZnMOF‐2; in which H2BDC=benzene‐1,4‐dicarboxylic acid, L1=4‐pyridyl carboxaldehyde isonicotinoylhydrazone, H2IPA=isophthalic acid, L2=3‐pyridyl carbox... |
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Tailored mutants of phenylalanine ammonia‐lyase from Petroselinum crispum for the synthesis of bulky L‐ and D‐arylalanines
10.1002/cctc.201800258 2018-03-15 Tailored mutants of phenylalanine ammonia‐lyase from Petroselinum crispum (PcPAL) were created and tested in ammonia elimination from various sterically demanding, non‐natural analogues of phenylalanine and in ammonia addition reactions onto the corresponding... |
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Soft Template‐directed Reactions: One‐pot Synthetic Route for Bimetallic Core‐satellite‐shell Structure of Electrocatalytic Nanospheres
10.1002/cctc.201800346 2018-03-15 The developed one‐pot synthesis strategy, which hinders the nanoparticles (NPs) agglomerated in the initiation of reaction and prevents the combination of the core and the tiny species. In the present study we synthesize bimetallic core‐shell structures of si... |
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Metal Catalysts for the Efficient Transformation of Biomass‐derived HMF and Furfural to Value Added Chemicals
10.1002/cctc.201701754 2018-03-15 Catalytic transformation of biomass‐derived compounds to different platform chemicals and liquid fuel is a prominent way to reduce the global dependence on fossil resources. In past few decades, biomass‐derived furans such as 2‐furfuraldehyde (furfural) and 5... |