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Iterative One-Carbon Homologation of Unmodified Carboxylic Acids (2024)
Journal Article
Wheatley, E., Melnychenko, H., & Silvi, M. (2024). Iterative One-Carbon Homologation of Unmodified Carboxylic Acids. Journal of the American Chemical Society, https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c13630

The one-carbon homologation of carboxylic acids is a valuable route to construct families of homologues, which play fundamental roles in chemistry and biology. However, known procedures are based on multistep sequences, use harsh conditions or are li... Read More about Iterative One-Carbon Homologation of Unmodified Carboxylic Acids.

Boron-induced transformation of ultrathin Au films into two-dimensional metallic nanostructures (2024)
Journal Article
Preobrajenski, A., Vinogradov, N., Duncan, D. A., Lee, T.-L., Tsitsvero, M., Taketsugu, T., & Lyalin, A. (2024). Boron-induced transformation of ultrathin Au films into two-dimensional metallic nanostructures. Nature Communications, 15(1), Article 10518. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-54464-y

The synthesis of large, freestanding, single-atom-thick two-dimensional (2D) metallic materials remains challenging due to the isotropic nature of metallic bonding. Here, we present a bottom-up approach for fabricating macroscopically large, nearly f... Read More about Boron-induced transformation of ultrathin Au films into two-dimensional metallic nanostructures.

Manipulating adsorbed hydrogen on lanthanum-modified CuOₓ: Industrial-current-density CO₂ electroreduction to C₂₊ products or CH₄ (2024)
Journal Article
Guo, Z., Zhu, H., Yan, Z., Lei, L., Wang, D., Xi, Z., Lian, Y., Yu, J., Fow, K. L., Do, H., Hirst, J. D., Wu, T., & Xu, M. (2025). Manipulating adsorbed hydrogen on lanthanum-modified CuOₓ: Industrial-current-density CO₂ electroreduction to C₂₊ products or CH₄. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 364, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2024.124839

The selective electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) yields valuable C2+ and C1 products, yet the influence of adsorbed hydrogen (*H) on product distribution remains inadequately understood. This study explores this effect by developing bimet... Read More about Manipulating adsorbed hydrogen on lanthanum-modified CuOₓ: Industrial-current-density CO₂ electroreduction to C₂₊ products or CH₄.

Structure and thermal stability of phosphorus-iodonium ylids (2024)
Journal Article
Greener, A., Argent, S. P., Clarke, C. J., & O’Duill, M. L. (2024). Structure and thermal stability of phosphorus-iodonium ylids. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, 20, 2931-2939. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.20.245

Hypervalent iodine(III) reagents have become indispensable tools in organic synthesis, but gaps remain in the functionalities they
can transfer. In this study, a fundamental understanding of the thermal stability of phosphorus-iodonium ylids is obta... Read More about Structure and thermal stability of phosphorus-iodonium ylids.

Synthesis of the Bulky Phosphanide [P(SiiPr3)2]− and Its Stabilization of Low-Coordinate Group 12 Complexes (2024)
Journal Article
Churchill, O. P., Dase, A., Taylor, L. J., Argent, S. P., Coles, N. T., Walker, G. S., & Kays, D. L. (2024). Synthesis of the Bulky Phosphanide [P(SiiPr3)2]− and Its Stabilization of Low-Coordinate Group 12 Complexes. Inorganic Chemistry, 63(43), 20286-20294. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c03134

Here, we report an improved synthesis of the bulky phosphanide anion [P(SiiPr3)2]− in synthetically useful yields and its complexation to group 12 metals. The ligand is obtained as the sodium salt NaP(SiiPr3)2 1 in a 42% isolated yield and a single s... Read More about Synthesis of the Bulky Phosphanide [P(SiiPr3)2]− and Its Stabilization of Low-Coordinate Group 12 Complexes.

Lewis acid ionic liquid catalysed synthesis of bioderived surfactants from β-pinene (2024)
Journal Article
Jacob, P. L., Machado, F., Rance, G. A., Walker, G., Taresco, V., Keddie, D. J., & Howdle, S. M. (2024). Lewis acid ionic liquid catalysed synthesis of bioderived surfactants from β-pinene. Polymer Chemistry, 15(42), 4327-4338. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4py00925h

Cationic polymerisation of β-pinene (βP) via earth abundant catalysis has been investigated as a route to low molar mass poly(β-pinene) (PBP) for surfactant applications. As a ‘greener’ alternative to the often hazardous and poorly abundant Lewis aci... Read More about Lewis acid ionic liquid catalysed synthesis of bioderived surfactants from β-pinene.

Geldanamycin, a Naturally Occurring Inhibitor of Hsp90 and a Lead Compound for Medicinal Chemistry (2024)
Journal Article
Kitson, R. R., Kitsonová, D., Siegel, D., Ross, D., & Moody, C. J. (2024). Geldanamycin, a Naturally Occurring Inhibitor of Hsp90 and a Lead Compound for Medicinal Chemistry. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 67(20), 17946-17963. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c01048

Geldanamycin remains a driver in the medicinal chemistry of heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) inhibition, even half a century after its original isolation from nature. This Perspective focuses on the properties of the benzoquinone ring of the natural pro... Read More about Geldanamycin, a Naturally Occurring Inhibitor of Hsp90 and a Lead Compound for Medicinal Chemistry.

Quantitative Measurement of Cooperative Binding in Partially Dissociated Water Dimers at the Hematite “R-Cut” Surface (2024)
Journal Article
Ryan, P. T., Sombut, P., Rafsanjani-Abbasi, A., Wang, C., Eratam, F., Goto, F., Franchini, C., Diebold, U., Meier, M., Duncan, D. A., & Parkinson, G. S. (2024). Quantitative Measurement of Cooperative Binding in Partially Dissociated Water Dimers at the Hematite “R-Cut” Surface. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 128(40), 16977-16985. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c04537

Water-solid interfaces pervade the natural environment and modern technology. On some surfaces, water-water interactions induce the formation of partially dissociated interfacial layers; understanding why is important to model processes in catalysis... Read More about Quantitative Measurement of Cooperative Binding in Partially Dissociated Water Dimers at the Hematite “R-Cut” Surface.

Tuning structural modulation and magnetic properties in metal–organic coordination polymers [CH3NH3]CoxNi1−x(HCOO)3 (2024)
Journal Article
Geers, M., Fabelo, O., Cliffe, M. J., & Cañadillas-Delgado, L. (2024). Tuning structural modulation and magnetic properties in metal–organic coordination polymers [CH3NH3]CoxNi1−x(HCOO)3. IUCrJ, 11(6), 910-920. https://doi.org/10.1107/s2052252524008583

Three solid solutions of [CH3NH3]CoxNi1− x(HCOO)3, with x = 0.25 (1), x = 0.50 (2) and x = 0.75 (3), were synthesized and their nuclear structures and magnetic properties were characterized using single-crystal neutron diffraction and magnetization m... Read More about Tuning structural modulation and magnetic properties in metal–organic coordination polymers [CH3NH3]CoxNi1−x(HCOO)3.

Selective Photocatalytic Reduction of CO2 to CH4 over NU-1000 Metal-Organic Frameworks (2024)
Preprint / Working Paper
Korhonen, P., Thangamuthu, M., Castaldelli, E., Diego-Lopez, A., Weilhard, A., Clowes, R., O'Shea, J., Laybourn, A., & Lanterna, A. Selective Photocatalytic Reduction of CO2 to CH4 over NU-1000 Metal-Organic Frameworks

CO2 adsorption and its subsequent utilization represent a promising avenue for mitigating climate change. The conver-sion of CO2 into valuable and useful products like carbon monoxide, methane, and methanol offers significant economic benefits. Howev... Read More about Selective Photocatalytic Reduction of CO2 to CH4 over NU-1000 Metal-Organic Frameworks.