A5077589407- Origins and Evolution of Life
- Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis
- Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
- Catalysis for Biomass Conversion
- CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
- Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies
- Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
- Protein Structure and Dynamics
- Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
- Magnetism in coordination complexes
- Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes
University of Manchester
2022-2025
Abstract Spontaneous chemical reactions proceed energetically downhill to either a local or global minimum, limiting possible transformations those that are exergonic. Endergonic do not spontaneously and require an input of energy. Light has been used drive number deracemizations thermodynamically unfavourable bond-forming reactions, but is restricted substrates can absorb, directly indirectly, energy provided by photons. In contrast, anabolism involves uphill powered fuels. Here we report...
Continuous directionally biased 360° rotation about a covalent single bond was recently realized in the form of chemically fueled 1-phenylpyrrole 2,2′-dicarboxylic acid rotary molecular motor. However, original fueling system and reaction conditions resulted motor directionality only ∼3:1 (i.e., on average backward for every three forward rotations), along with catalytic efficiency operation 97% fuel 14%. Here, we report efficacy series chiral carbodiimide fuels hydrolysis promoters...
The production of conjugated C4-C5 dienes from biomass can enable the sustainable synthesis many important polymers and liquid fuels. Here, we report first example bimetallic (Nb, Al)-atomically doped mesoporous silica, denoted as AlNb-MCM-41, which affords quantitative conversion 2-methyltetrahydrofuran (2-MTHF) to pentadienes with a high selectivity 91 %. incorporation Al
Spontaneous chemical reactions proceed energetically downhill to either a local or global minimum, limiting possible transformations those that are exergonic. Endergonic do not spontaneously and require an input of energy. Light has been used drive number deracemisations thermodynamically unfavourable bond-forming reactions, but is restricted substrates can absorb, directly indirectly, energy provided by photons. In contrast, anabolism involves uphill powered fuels. Here we report on the...
Spontaneous chemical reactions proceed energetically downhill to either a local or global minimum, limiting possible transformations those that are exergonic. Endergonic do not spontaneously and require an input of energy. Light has been used drive number deracemisations thermodynamically unfavourable bond-forming reactions, but is restricted substrates can absorb, directly indirectly, energy provided by photons. In contrast, anabolism involves uphill powered fuels. Here we report on the...
The production of conjugated C4-C5 dienes from biomass can enable the sustainable synthesis many important polymers and liquid fuels. Here, we report first example bimetallic (Nb, Al)-atomically doped mesoporous silica, denoted as AlNb-MCM-41, which affords quantitative conversion 2-methyltetrahydrofuran (2-MTHF) to pentadienes with a high selectivity 91 %. incorporation Al