Catalysis – Page 14
-
ResearchChunky catalyst mimics enzyme to tackle tough reactions
Tricky Diels–Alder reactions or Mukaiyama aldol additions – a bulky chiral catalyst can do them all by squeezing substrates into its chiral pocket
-
ArticleMeet the next generation of science innovators
From metal–organic frameworks to enzymes, Johnson Matthey staff are working to make new discoveries
-
ArticleMetathesis: around the catalytic cycle
Three Umicore scientists discuss the advantages that metathesis can bring to a variety of industries
-
ResearchPlasmonic photocatalysts flatten reaction barriers
Light-driven reactions under mild conditions made possible with metal plasmonic nanoparticles
-
OpinionCombining Lewis acid and redox catalysis
Organic phenalenyl cations perform a dual role without transition metals
-
ResearchBifunctional catalyst enables direct production of liquid fuels from syngas
Zeolite-supported cobalt nanoparticles enable selective Fischer–Tropsch conversion of syngas to gasoline, jet fuel and diesel
-
ResearchGold rush for lignin conversion
Catalytic breakthrough surrounding the notoriously difficult oxidative depolymerisation of lignin could make cellulosic ethanol biofuels commercially viable
-
![Designed heme-[4Fe-4S] metalloenzyme](https://d2cbg94ubxgsnp.cloudfront.net/Pictures/100x67/8/8/5/138885_heme_index_2.jpg)
ResearchArtificial iron–sulfur catalyst is highly functional
Sulfite reductase mimic represents major advancement in engineering synthetic enzymes
-
ResearchClassic multicomponent reaction finally gets chiral touch
59 years after its discovery, the Ugi reaction becomes enantioselective with the help of a chiral phosphoric acid
-
ResearchMacrocycles power up carbon nanotubes
Interlocked molecules tune the electronic properties of nanotubes, allowing researchers to control their catalytic activity
-
ResearchSunlight converts plastic waste to hydrogen fuel
Food contamination no problem for photocatalytic recycling process
-
ResearchNeuNMR set to enhance understanding of heterogeneous catalysis
Integrated neutron-scattering and NMR method proves much more powerful than the sum of its parts
-
ResearchLights – camera – catalysis!
Like thousands of chemists worldwide, Bert Weckhuysen is a keen photographer. More unusually, however, he has found a way to bring his hobby and his research together
-
ResearchRound-the-ring catalysis makes cyclic peptides chiral
Classic hydrogenation catalyst installs multiple stereocentres one by one to create small amino acid rings as single enantiomers
-
ResearchCatalyst comms get specific
Organocatalyst selectively activates in response to light, hydrogen peroxide or acylase to control the rate of an aldol and Michael reaction
-
ResearchPrebiotically plausible version of pH gradient generating catalyst
Scientists create simple metal ion system could have facilitated early metabolic processes, like ATP synthesis
-
ResearchSilk cocoon-shaped electrocatalyst for water splitting
Cobalt polysulfide shows promise as low-cost alternative to platinum group catalysts
-
ResearchHeterogeneous catalysts supported on glass wool
Cheap material offers easy way to separate catalysts from reaction mixtures
-
ResearchWater splitting demonstrated in microgravity
Drop tower experiments show how future oxygen-generating systems could work in space
-
ResearchCatalyst converts methane to methanol at room temperature
Iron-studded graphene offers noble metal free route to important chemical feedstock