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Air-Stable Arene Manganese Complexes as Catalysts for the Syngas-Assisted Direct Reductive Amination, Cyanation of Aldehyde, and CO2 Fixation by Epoxide with High Functional Groups Tolerance
Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2024. Vol. 89. No. 14. P. 10338–10343.
Manganese complexes [(arene)Mn(CO)3]+ were prepared in one step from arenes and Mn(CO)5Br. They were found to be efficient catalysts in the carbonyl cyanation with TMSCN, CO2 fixation by epoxides, and direct reductive amination in the presence of syngas. The amination reaction tolerated various reducible functional groups. The synergy of carbon monoxide and hydrogen in syngas provides high efficiency of the catalytic system. The developed protocols do not require an inert atmosphere, and the catalysts can be handled in air.
Budkov Y., Journal of Chemical Physics 2026 Vol. 165 No. 9 Article 094902
We derive the stress tensor of a flexible polymer solution within the Gaussian-chain self-consistent field theory (SCFT) without invoking the ground-state dominance (GSD) approximation. Starting from a covariant formulation of the single-chain partition function in a background metric, we obtain the symmetric stress tensor expressed through the full Edwards propagators. The result contains the local ...
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Belousov Y., Кискин М. А., Sidoruk A. et al., Australian Journal of Chemistry 2022 Vol. 75 No. 9 P. 572–580
Four new complexes [Ln(pfaa)3(H2O)2]n (Ln = Eu (1), Tb (2)) and [Ln2Cd2(pfaa)10 (phen)2(EtOH)2]·2MeCN (Ln = Eu (3), Tb (4), phen = 1,10-phenanthroline) based on pentaphorphenylacetic acid (Hpfaa) have been prepared and completely investigated. The structures of compounds 1 and 3 were studied by single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis: the isostructural complexes 1 and 2 represent ...
Added: August 26, 2026
Mazur D., Petr E. Brandyshev, Doronin S. et al., Electrochimica Acta 2026 Vol. 577 Article 149729
The electric double layer (EDL) at a single-crystal metal surface is controlled not only by the electrolyte composition and the electrode potential, but also by the atomic structure of the surface itself. This makes the Ag(hkl)/NaF interface a stringent test for continuum theories of the EDL. In the third part of our series, we examine ...
Added: August 20, 2026
Budkov Y., Kalikin N., Journal of Chemical Physics 2026 Vol. 165 Article 064506
A self-consistent statistical-mechanical theory of the Hall effect in electrolyte solutions is developed by extending the self-consistent Debye–Hückel–Onsager (SCDHO) framework to crossed electric and magnetic fields. The theory incorporates non-local ionic charge distributions via Slater-type form factors, regularizing the Coulomb interaction at short range, and accounts for dielectric friction through ion-specific coefficients, employing experimental values ...
Added: August 12, 2026
Novikov A., New Journal of Chemistry 2026 Vol. 50 P. 13931–13957
The rational design of coinage metal nanocarriers requires a mechanistic understanding of metal-drug binding and predictive descriptors that translate molecular interactions into design rules. Using DFT (B3LYP-D3BJ/def2-TZVP, SMD water), we systematically investigated the binding of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and levodopa (l-DOPA) to neutral and cationic homo- and heteronuclear dimers of Au, Ag, and Cu (Au2, Ag2, ...
Added: August 12, 2026
Voropaeva D., S. Novikova, I. Stenina et al., Solid State Ionics 2026 Vol. 445 Article 117288
Composite gel polymer electrolytes based on a perfluorinated sulfonic acid cation-exchange MF-4SC membrane
containing surface-sulfonated nanoparticles of aluminum oxide, cerium (IV) oxide, and titanium oxide (sAl2O3,
sCeO2, and sTiO2, respectively) were prepared by casting from a dispersion in N,N-dimethylformamide and
plasticized with a 1,3-dioxolane/1,2-dimethoxyethane mixture. The influence of the filler nature on ionic conductivity,
solvent uptake, activation energy, lithium ...
Added: July 30, 2026
Korogod D., Shapeev A., Ivan S. Novikov, Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 2026 Vol. 114 No. 2 Article 024104
We present two models with explicit long-range electrostatics in the form of Coulomb interactions. Both models include point charges depending on their local atomic environments, and the second model also conserves a total charge of an atomic system. We combine the proposed long-range models with the local moment tensor potential (MTP) and demonstrate that they ...
Added: July 22, 2026
Moshkina E., Molokeev M., Zolotov A. et al., Journal of Alloys and Compounds 2026 Vol. 1077 Article 189412
A wide series of substitutions in a subsystem of small radii cations M = Al, Cr, Fe, Ga, Sc is possible in rare-earth borates ReM3(BO3)4 with the huntite structure. However, the existence of these compounds where M = Mn still raises doubts. The study presents a synthetic approach developed in the framework of the flux method allowing for the required ...
Added: June 29, 2026
Schneider M., Zaripov D., Dokin R. et al., Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 2026 Vol. 22 No. 9 P. 4405–4414
Density functional theory (DFT) is the workhorse of modern reactions and materials modeling. While the exact functional remains unknown, many approximations to it have been constructed either by hand-crafting functional forms to satisfy exact constraints or by machine learning. In this work, we show how both of these approaches can be fused to build both ...
Added: June 26, 2026
Laurinavichyute V., Levin E. E., Mironkova A. A. et al., Surfaces and Interfaces 2026 Vol. 81 Article 108389
In this work we characterize mixed Mo-W acidic deposition solutions with Mo content ranging from 0 to 100 mol.% by Raman and UV–Vis spectroscopy. The obtained distribution diagram of mixed isopolyanions allows one to explain the observed change in film deposition rate with increase in Mo content. It was found that the initial decrease in ...
Added: June 24, 2026
Filippova A. V., Yurchenko N. Y., Smirnov S. A. et al., Journal of Alloys and Compounds 2026 No. 1074 Article 189162
This study investigates the effects of post-processing heat treatment at 300–500 °C on the microstructure, hardness, and tensile properties of laser powder bed fusion (PBF-LB) processed Al-bronze processed with energy densities (ED) in the range of 125–938 J/mm3. In the as-printed state, sharp needle-like α + β′ laths form at lower ED whereas with increasing ED, the β′ ...
Added: June 12, 2026
Obijiofor O., Novikov A., New Journal of Chemistry 2026 Vol. 50 No. 23 P. 9749–9768
Rational design of gold-based nanocarriers for neurotherapeutics requires atomic-scale understanding of drug-material interactions. Density functional theory calculations were performed to investigate levodopa (L-DOPA) adsorption on small gold clusters (Au2–Au4) with cationic, neutral, and anionic charges, with additional validation on a larger Au10 cluster using multiple low-energy isomers. Binding free energies (ΔGbind), charge transfer, and electronic descriptors ...
Added: June 3, 2026
Das A., Saikia J., Maji N. et al., ChemNanoMat 2026 Vol. 12 No. 5 Article e202500733
Developing efficient photoactive materials from bio-derived resources is vital yet challenging for achieving effective water splitting performance. In this work, nano carbon dots (CDs) of zero-dimensional (0D) were synthesized from papaya peel through a simple and eco-friendly process and subsequently anchored onto the two-dimensional (2D) layered structure of graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4, GCN) at various ...
Added: June 2, 2026
Wary R. R., Mahato B., Sharma N. et al., The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2026 Vol. 17 No. 17 P. 5099–5107
Development of heterojunction materials is an efficient approach for enhancing photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical processes. We develop a ZnO/CuO heterojunction via Cu doping into a ZnO matrix. Structural characterization confirmed that Cu was effectively incorporated into ZnO without any structural changes. The improved optical properties and reduced charge carrier recombination of the doped samples were confirmed ...
Added: June 2, 2026
Murzakhanov F., Forysenkova Anna A., Fadeeva I. et al., Ceramics 2022 Vol. 5 No. 3 P. 318–329
Powders of β-tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP, Ca3PO4) doped with manganese (Mn2+) are comprehensively analyzed with electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and electron-nuclear double resonance (ENDOR) techniques. The modeling of the spectra permitted to calculate the values of zero-field splitting (𝐵02 = −904 MHz; 𝐵04 = −1.41 MHz and 𝐵34 = 195.2 MHz) and explain the origin of the low-field hyperfine structures as ...
Added: August 12, 2025
Forysenkova Anna A., Ivanova V., Fadeeva I. et al., Materials 2023 Vol. 16 No. 7 P. 2832–2843
Alginate is a natural polymer widely applied in materials science, medicine, and biotechnology. Its ability to bind metal ions in order to form insoluble gels has been comprehensively used to create capsules for cell technology, drug delivery, biomedical materials, etc. To modify and predict the properties of cross-linked alginate, knowledge about the mechanism of alginate ...
Added: August 12, 2025
Wary R. R., Das A., Emir S. Amirov et al., The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2025 Vol. 16 No. 20 P. 5180–5187
A facile method to modify the ZnO catalyst by nitrogen doping and synthesis of a highly oriented flower-like structure is reported. The generated system exhibits an enhanced photoinduced charge separation through the lightning rod effect. A well-aligned structure and high aspect ratio of ZnO nanorods is confirmed by the XRD, FESEM and TEM analyses. Efficient ...
Added: May 15, 2025
Nifantiev I., Vinogradov A., Vinogradov A. et al., Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 2023 Vol. 62 No. 15 P. 6347–6353
Hydrogenated oligomers of higher α-olefins (primarily,dec-1-ene) with uniform structure represent high-quality poly-α-olefin oil (PAO) base stocks. High yields of lightweight dec-1-ene oligomers (DPn = 3−4) can be achieved by using 5,10-dihydroindeno[1,2-b]indole-based zirconium ansa-complexes,“heterocenes”. Unusual catalytic behavior of heterocenes served as a starting point for the present study, during which new, more synthetically available and active ...
Added: February 3, 2024
Красавин А. В., Review of Scientific Instruments 2018 Vol. 89 Article 033907
A technique is presented of restoring the electronic density of states of the valence band from data of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The originality of the technique consists in using a stochastic procedure to solve an integral equation relating the density of states and the experimental X-ray photoelectron spectra via the broadening function. To obtain ...
Added: July 18, 2023
Biswajit C., Zvinchuk A., Aysin R. et al., Catalysis Surveys from Asia 2021 Vol. 25 P. 419–423
New catalysts prepared by simple mixing of molecular iodine and inexpensive monodonor amines can efficiently catalyze the coupling of CO2 with different epoxides at moderate temperatures (60–90 °C), pressures (10–56 atm) and low (0.25–0.5 mol %) catalytic loading. The molecular systems can be considered as the simplest and most inexpensive catalyst for the reactions. ...
Added: January 31, 2023
Gak A., Kuznetsova S., Nelyubina Y. et al., Crystal Growth and Design, United States 2021 Vol. 21 No. 11 P. 6364–6372
A new self-assembled and self-healing class of metal free, recyclable, heterogeneous Brønsted acid catalysts has been developed by the protonation of aniline derivatives (tetrakis(4-aminophenyl)methane, leuco-crystal violet, benzidine, and p-phenylenediamine) with aromatic sulfonic acids (tetrakis(phenyl-4-sulfonic acid)methane, and 2,6-naphthalenedisulfonic acid). As a result, five three-dimensional crystalline organic salts were obtained, linked by hydrogen bonds and additionally stabilized by ...
Added: January 31, 2023
Evgeniya Podyacheva, Afanasyev O., Vasilyev D. et al., ACS Catalysis 2022 Vol. 12 No. 12 P. 7142–7198
Borrowing hydrogen or the hydrogen autotransfer amination is a powerful approach to create single C–N bonds, starting from stable and readily available substrates: amines and alcohols. It is considered as one of the most atom-efficient and green methods to synthesize complex amines. Herein, we attempted to arrange the array of the existing data in a ...
Added: September 6, 2022
Stolyarov V., Remizov S., Shapiro D. S. et al., Applied Physics Letters 2017 Vol. 111 No. 25 Article 251601
The influence of individual impurities of Fe on the electronic properties of topological insulator Bi2Se3 is studied by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy. The microscope tip is used in order to remotely charge/discharge Fe impurities. The charging process is shown to depend on the impurity location in the crystallographic unit cell, on the presence of other Fe impurities ...
Added: October 29, 2021
Natalia A. M., Alexandr D. M., Vitali A. G. et al., Materials Chemistry and Physics 2021 Vol. 259 Article 123968
A nanoscale bimetallic alloy catalyst PtFe/C is prepared by pyrolysis of the heterometallic platinum-iron carboxylate complex [PtFe(OAc)4]2O⋅4CH2Cl2 on Vulcan XC-72 carbon black. It is characterized by X-ray powder diffraction analysis, X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and electrochemical methods. Its activity in the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is tested in an aqueous H2SO4 electrolyte in model conditions, ...
Added: March 10, 2021