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Recent Developments on the Use of Group 13 Metal Complexes in Catalysis
10.1002/cctc.201800045 2018-02-12 The present contribution highlights the most representative and emerging developments reported since 2012 on the use of well‐defined group 13 metal species in homogeneous catalysis. Apart from their use in polymerization catalysis, group 13 metal catalysts ha... |
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Graphene‐based carbo‐catalysts for thermoset polymers and for diastereoselective and enantioselective organic synthesis
10.1002/cctc.201702015 2018-02-12 This review reports on catalytic activity, for some relevant organic reactions, of graphene oxide (GO) and of high‐surface‐area graphite (HSAG). It is shown that main drawbacks of graphite‐based catalysts, i.e. high catalyst loading and generally poor selecti... |
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Microporous Polymers as Macroligands for Pentamethylcyclopentadienylrhodium Transfer‐Hydrogenation Catalysts
10.1002/cctc.201701836 2018-02-12 Herein, we report the synthesis of two bipyridine‐based porous polymers and their use as platforms for the heterogenization of pentamethylcyclopentadienylrhodium catalytic species. These highly stable heterogeneous catalysts demonstrate their efficiency in th... |
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Front Cover: Surface-Binding Peptide Facilitates Electricity-Driven NADPH-Free Cytochrome P450 Catalysis (ChemCatChem 3/2018)
10.1002/cctc.201800089 2018-02-08 The Front Cover displays the immobilization of cytochrome P450 BM3 on metals mediated by a binding peptide, which enables the energization of the enzyme with electric potential to facilitate electrocatalysis on different substrates. In their Full Paper, S. Ze... |
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Cover Feature: An Effective Catalytic Hydroboration of Alkynes in Supercritical CO2 under Repetitive Batch Mode (ChemCatChem 3/2018)
10.1002/cctc.201800090 2018-02-08 The Cover Feature shows a figurative synthesis of alkenyl boronates via hydroboration of alkynes with boranes in the presence of a Ru−H catalyst conducted in supercritical CO2 (scCO2) under repetitive batch mode. In their Full Paper, J. Szyling et al. describ... |
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Cover Feature: Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Ag(111) in Alkaline Solution: A Combined Density Functional Theory and Kinetic Monte Carlo Study (ChemCatChem 3/2018)
10.1002/cctc.201800091 2018-02-08 The Cover Feature shows one of the key steps, reduction of adsorbed oxygen (**O2) to hydroperoxyl (**O2H), involved in the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) on a Ag electrode in alkaline fuel cells. In their Full Paper, S. Liu et. al. provide fundamental unders... |
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Surface-Binding Peptide Facilitates Electricity-Driven NADPH-Free Cytochrome P450 Catalysis
10.1002/cctc.201800092 2018-02-08 Abstract The front cover artwork for issue 3/2018 is a collaboration between three groups of Leipzig University and the Leibniz Institute of Surface Modification e.V., Leipzig (B. Abel). The university groups of A. Beck-Sickinger and A. Robitzki are from the ... |
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Dehydration of 1,5-Pentanediol over Na-Doped CeO2 Catalysts
10.1002/cctc.201701420 2018-02-06 Abstract The effects of CeO2 doped with Na on the dehydration of 1,5-pentanediol were studied by using a fixed-bed reactor at two different temperatures (350 and 400 °C) and atmospheric pressure. For characterization, BET surface area, hydrogen temperature-pr... |
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A Cost‐Effective Pd‐Doped Cu Bimetallic Materials to Tuning Selectivity and Activity Using Doped Atom Ensembles as Active Sites for Efficient Removal of Acetylene from Ethylene
10.1002/cctc.201701899 2018-02-06 Catalytic activity and selectivity of cost‐effective noble metal‐doped common metal materials strongly depend on the doped atom ensemble in specific arrangements to provide active sites. In this study, aiming at insight into the doped atom ensembles as active... |
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Catalytic etching of multi‐walled carbon nanotubes controlled by oxygen gas pressure
10.1002/cctc.201701799 2018-02-01 We examined the catalytic behavior of platinum nanoparticles supported on a multi‐walled carbon nanotube with environmental scanning electron microscopy (E‐STEM). The etching behavior of the platinum nanoparticles toward the carbon nanotube was found to depen... |