Enzo Alessio

10.1002/ejic.201800027

2018-02-06

“It is surprising to see how much gold is left to be found even in a well‐worked mine, if you look carefully ...” Find out more about this author's research at https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201701392.

Synthesis, Characterization, and Magnetic Properties of a Series of Copper(II) Chloride Complexes of Pyridyliminebenzoic Acids

10.1002/ejic.201701391

2018-02-05

A series of Cu(II) halide complexes, Сu(HL1)Cl2∙CH3OH (1), [Сu(L1)Cl]2∙H2O (2), [Сu(HL2)Cl2]2∙2DMF (3), [Cu(HL2)2Cl]nCln·2nH2O (4) and [Cu(L3)Cl]n (5), containing pyridyliminebenzoic acids HL1, HL2 and HL3 derived from o‐, m‐ and p‐aminobenzoic acids, respect...

Spin Coupling and Magnetic Anisotropy in 1D Complexes with Manganese(III) Units and Carboxylate Bridges. Synthesis and Analysis, Calculations and Models.

10.1002/ejic.201800003

2018-02-05

We report the synthesis, structure and magnetic properties of a series of Mn(III) complexes based on 5MeO‐salen, N,N'‐ethylenebis(5‐methoxysalicylideneiminate), and acetate ligands, namely [Mn2(5MeO‐salen)2(CH3COO)]X, X=ClO4‐ (1), PF6‐(2) , CF3SO3‐(3). The [M...

Hydrogen Liberation from Formic Acid Mediated by Efficient Iridium(III) Catalysts Bearing Pyridine‐Carboxiamide Ligands

10.1002/ejic.201701458

2018-02-05

Herein it is shown that complexes [Cp*Ir(R‐pica)Cl] {R‐pica = R‐picolinamidate = κ2‐R‐pyridine‐2‐carboxamide, ion(−1), 1 R = H and 2 R = Me } catalyze the liberation of H2 from formic acid in water, at ambient temperature and pressure, in the absence of any a...

Anatase TiO2 quantum dots with a narrow bandgap energy of 2.85 eV exhibiting significant photodegradation property

10.1002/ejic.201800097

2018-02-03

Anatase TiO2 quantum dots (QDs) with 3 nm particles were synthesized via a new synthetic route and showed narrow bandgap energy of 2.85 eV and good dispersibility in an aqueous system. This material exhibited significantly high photocatalytic activity for the...

Dehydration of ortho‐, meta‐ and para‐alkoxy phenylboronic acids to their corresponding boroxines.

10.1002/ejic.201701485

2018-02-02

Isomeric iso‐butoxy phenylboronic acids (ortho‐, meta‐, para‐) were synthesized and their properties such as pKa and thermal stability have been compared. Molecular and crystal structure of the para isomer was determined by single crystal XRD method. DSC and ...

Ligand‐tuned C‐H bond activation/arylation of 2‐arylpyridines over pyridine based N,O/N,N ligated ruthenium‐arene complexes

10.1002/ejic.201701446

2018-02-02

Water soluble ruthenium(II)‐arene complexes [(η6‐arene)Ru(κ2‐L)]n+ (n = 0, 1) ([Ru]‐1 ‐ [Ru]‐10) containing pyridine based bischelating N,O/ N,N donor ligands (L1 ‐ L5) were synthesized and were employed for the catalytic C‐H bond activation/ arylation of a w...

Copper-Functionalized Metal–Organic Framework as Catalyst for Oxidant-Controlled Partial Oxidation of Cyclohexene

10.1002/ejic.201701062

2018-02-02

Microwave irradiation is exploited for the facile, one-step functionalization of Cu(acac)2 to –NH2 pendant groups of MIL-53(Al)-NH2, a metal–organic framework material, under mild reaction conditions and a short reaction time. PXRD, XPS, XAS, and EPR spectros...

Electronic Interactions between Ferrocenyl Units Facilitated by the Cobalt Bis(dicarbollide) Anion Linker: An Experimental and DFT Study

10.1002/ejic.201701019

2018-02-01

The electronic interaction between two terminal ferrocenyl units connected by the cobalt bis(dicarbollide) anion linker was investigated. The bis(ferrocenylethynyl)cobalt bis(dicarbollide) anion (3) linking the two ferrocenyl units with the cobalt bis(dicarbo...

Nitrogen Fixation Catalyzed by Transition Metal Complexes: Recent Developments

10.1002/ejic.201701326

2018-02-01

The structures and reactivity of various catalytic model systems of nitrogenase are reviewed. Firstly, the Schrock cycle is discussed as an example of a nitrogen-fixing system for which the mechanism has been elucidated both experimentally and theoretically. ...