Wenda Wu,Gang Li,T Leo Liu
Wenda Wu
In this issue of Chem Catalysis, Liang et al. report an efficient electrochemical cyclization reaction of alkenes and amides to produce oxazolines with broad substrate scopes and good selectivities. A chloronium species generated by the chl...
Zhiyu Bo,Yang Yang
Zhiyu Bo
Aromatic nitriles are important building blocks with wide applications in pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries as well as materials science. In a recent Chem Catalysis paper, Gröger and coworkers engineered aliphatic aldoxime dehydra...
Do multinuclear 3d metal catalysts achieve O-O bond formation via radical coupling or via water nucleophilic attack? WNA leads the way in [Co4O4]n [0.03%]
三价金属催化剂通过自由基偶联还是亲核水攻击途径实现O-O键形成？[Co4O4]n簇合物中亲核水占据主导地位
Roman Ezhov,Alireza Karbakhsh Ravari,Gabriel Bury et al.
Roman Ezhov et al.
Catalytic water oxidation is a required process for clean energy production based on the concept of artificial photosynthesis. Here, we provide in situ spectroscopic and computational analysis for the closest known photosystem II analog, [C...
Rapid depolymerization of poly(ethylene terephthalate) thin films by a dual-enzyme system and its impact on material properties [0.03%]
双酶系统快速降解聚对苯二甲酸乙二醇酯薄膜及其对材料性能的影响研究
Natalia A Tarazona,Ren Wei,Stefan Brott et al.
Natalia A Tarazona et al.
Enzymatic hydrolysis holds great promise for plastic waste recycling and upcycling. The interfacial catalysis mode, and the variability of polymer specimen properties under different degradation conditions, add to the complexity and difficu...
Photosensitized Activation of Diazonium Derivatives for C-B Bond Formation [0.03%]
光敏活化偶氮衍生物的C-B键形成反应
Alexia Ripak,Simon De Kreijger,Renato N Sampaio et al.
Alexia Ripak et al.
Aryl diazonium salts are ubiquitous building blocks in chemistry, as they are useful radical precursors in organic synthesis as well as for the functionalization of solid materials. They can be reduced electrochemically or through a photo-i...
Wenzhen Fu,Yang Yang
Wenzhen Fu
Selective catalytic functionalization of C(sp 3)-H bonds represents a powerful means to access valuable products from ubiquitous starting materials. In a recent JACS paper, Arnold and co-workers engineered P450 nitrene transferases to amina...
Heather Hintz,Jamey Bower,Jinghua Tang et al.
Heather Hintz et al.
We report the systematic development of an electrooxidative methodology that translates stoichiometric C-H fluorination reactivity of an isolable CuIII fluoride complex into a catalytic process. The critical challenges of electrocatalysis w...
Multiscale simulation-guided design of enzyme bioconjugates with enhanced catalysis [0.03%]
多尺度模拟引导的酶生物偶联物的增强催化设计
Xiao Hong,Timothy Cholko,Chia-En A Chang et al.
Xiao Hong et al.
Biopolymer-scaffold modification is widely used to enhance enzyme catalysis. A central challenge is predicting the effects of scaffold position on enzyme properties. Here, we use a computational-experimental approach to develop a model for ...
Analysis of Laboratory-Evolved Flavin-Dependent Halogenases Affords a Computational Model for Predicting Halogenase Site Selectivity [0.03%]
分析实验室进化 flavin依赖卤化酶得到预测卤化酶位点选择性的计算模型
Mary C Andorfer,Declan Evans,Song Yang et al.
Mary C Andorfer et al.
Flavin-dependent halogenases (FDHs) catalyze selective halogenation of electron-rich aromatic compounds without the need for harsh oxidants required by conventional oxidative halogenation reactions. Predictive models for halogenase site sel...
Yanlong Jiang,Hans Renata
Yanlong Jiang
Many enzymes possess high catalytic efficiency and selectivity that far surpass classical organic or organometallic catalysts. However, the initial starting enzyme for a given transformation does not always possess the right properties need...