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Enhancing the efficiency of the ruthenium catalysts in the reductive amination without an external hydrogen source
Journal of Catalysis. 2022. Vol. 405. P. 404–409.
Catalytic reductive reactions are essential for laboratory and industrial-scale organic synthesis. However, the nowadays trend is the development of new, progressively more complicated reducing systems, which hinders the application of such highly efficient approaches in practice. Another way to achieve highly active systems is enhancing the activity of the earlier developed catalysts with simple structures. Herein we demonstrated a significant increase (up to 15-fold) in the catalytic activity of ruthenium catalysts in the reductive amination after the addition of iodide to the reaction mixture. Catalyst turnover numbers up to 9000 were achieved with preparative yields of the products. The plausible reasons for this effect were formulated.
Nazarov Alexey A., Dudarova N., Zhidkova O. et al., Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 2026 Vol. 483 Article 117654
Сyclocondensation of phenyl, ortho-bromophenyl, para-phenylphenyl, para-methoxycarbonylphenyl, para-tolyl and para-methoxyphenyl boronic acid with curcumin in the presence of K3PO4 upon refluxing in 1,4-dioxane for 24 h leads to the formation of curcumin-based 2,2-diaryl-1,3,2-dioxaborines in good yields. The absorption-emission spectra of the synthesized fluorescent conjugates and 1,3,2-dioxaborine with para-biphenyl boronic substituent demonstrated the highest quantum yield. Among the compounds studied, conjugate curcumin with para-methoxycarbonylphenyl boronic substituent ...
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Chemical Papers 2026
Benzenoid hydrocarbons are structurally regular aromatic compounds, which makes them well suited for quantitative structure–property relationship (QSPR) studies. This study presents a QSPR analysis of nineteen benzenoid hydrocarbon species using degree-based topological co-indices. We developed a Python program to compute eleven degree-based topological co-indices from molecular graphs and evaluated their ability to explain variations in ...
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Gurina D., Fashchevsky K. A., Oparin R. D. et al., Surfaces and Interfaces 2026 Vol. 98 Article 110545
In this work, we combine experimental characterization and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to elucidate the molecular mechanisms governing the impregnation of mefenamic acid (MFA) into nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC) aerogels. NCC aerogels were impregnated with MFA in scCO2, and low-temperature nitrogen adsorption revealed a concentration-dependent decrease in surface area, pore volume, and pore size, with an ...
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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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Novikov A., Polyhedron 2026 Vol. 299 Article 118358
Two new supramolecular halometalate hybrid complexes, (H2bpen){[MCl5](I2)} (M = Sb(III) (1) and Bi(III) (2); bpen – 1,2-Bis(4-pyridyl)ethylene, have been prepared. Despite very close similarity of the nature of cations, they reveal significant structural difference from the (H2bpe){[MCl5](I2)} (bpe – 1,2-bis(4-pyridil)ethane) reported earlier. We discuss these features, along with thermal stability, optical properties as well as Raman spectra ...
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Meng K., Vasenko A., Chulkov E. et al., The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2026 Vol. 17 No. 36 P. 10546–10554
Data-driven discovery of sodium-ion cathodes is often limited by small data sets and the poor interpretability of graph neural networks (GNNs). Here, we developed Symbol_ETR, an interpretable framework combining symbolic regression with ensemble learning. By constructing explicit nonlinear descriptors, symbolic regression extra trees regression (Symbol_ETR) achieves a test R2 of 0.90 for average voltage prediction ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Obijiofor O., Alexander S. Novikov, New Journal of Chemistry 2026 Vol. 50 No. 33 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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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′ ...
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Зверева О., Kliuev F., Lebedeva N. et al., Organic Letters 2025 Vol. 27 No. 50 P. 13711–13716
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Лосев М. А., Козлов А. С., Kliuev F. et al., Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry 2023 Vol. 21 No. 42 P. 8477–8481
A simple and atom-efficient way to prepare amides directly from carboxylic acids and nitroarenes was developed. Carbon monoxide as a sole reducing agent provides the ultimate selectivity of the protocol. A straightforward and selective way for the preparation of amides from nitroarenes and carboxylic acids using carbon monoxide as a reductant was developed. This protocol ...
Added: May 22, 2026
Ilya Nifant’ev, Komarov P., Guzelia Sadrtdinova et al., Polymers 2024 Vol. 16 No. 5 Article 681
Silica-supported chromium oxide catalysts, also named Phillips chromium catalysts (PCCs), provide more than half of the world’s production of high- and medium-density polyethylenes. PCCs are usually prepared in the Cr(VI)/SiO2 form, which is subjected to reductive activation. It has been explicitly proven that CO reduces Cr(VI) to Cr(II) species that initiate ethylene polymerization; ethylene activates ...
Added: May 12, 2026
Mikhail A. Boym, Pototskiy R., Evgeniya S. Podyacheva et al., Dalton Transactions 2025 Vol. 54 No. 14 P. 5655–5658
Natural R-carvone was converted into chiral 1-aryl-2-methyl-5-isopropyl-cyclohexadienes using a cross-coupling reaction as a key step. These dienes react with RuCl3 to give planar-chiral complexes [(arene)RuCl2]2 in 70–75% yields. Complex [(1-Ph-2-Me-5-iPr-C6H3)RuCl2]2, a chiral analogue of the classical catalyst [(cymene)RuCl2]2, promotes C–H activation of N-methoxy-benzamide and intramolecular insertion of a diazo compound into a C–H bond, but gives products with low ...
Added: February 15, 2026
Fedor S. Kliuev, Runikhina S., Afanasyev O. et al., Journal of Catalysis 2026 Vol. 453 Article 116495
Aldehydes are key building blocks in organic synthesis due to their high availability and diverse reactivity.
However, their intrinsic reducing ability remains underutilized. Herein, we illustrate a possibility to use aldehydes
as dual-purpose reagents in redox transformations: as alkylating agents and reductants. This concept is
supported by a ruthenium-catalyzed reductive alkylation of ketones and other nucleophiles using aldehydes. ...
Added: November 15, 2025
Lebedeva N., Fedor Kliuev, Zvereva O. et al., Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry 2025 Vol. 21 P. 1661–1670
Reducing agents with phosphorus–hydrogen bond, such as sodium hypophosphite, phosphite, and hypophosphorous acid are commercially available in bulk amounts, however, their usage is understudied in organic processes. While NaH2PO2 has proved to be an efficient four-electron reductant in the catalyst-free reductive amination, the influence of cation in hypophosphite salt has not been studied yet. This issue ...
Added: August 20, 2025
Artemy R. Fatkulin, Korochantsev V., Evgeniya S. Podyacheva et al., Journal of Organic Chemistry 2025 Vol. 90 No. 31 P. 11081–11090
The reactions of reductive amination are of paramount importance as tools of synthetic organic chemistry. Recently, the applicability of sodium hypophosphite as a promising reductant for such reactions has been demonstrated. However, the limited set of substrates used in those works does not allow for a reliable evaluation of the versatility of the approach for ...
Added: August 4, 2025
Сурин Л. А., Surin L. A., Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2024 Vol. 98 No. 5 P. 140–144
A design is presented for a millimeter-wave spectrometer used to study the rotational spectra of molecules and weakly bound molecular complexes in a supersonic gas jet. The spectrometer uses a highly stable microwave synthesizer (1–22 GHz) as a radiation source in combination with active frequency multipliers and covers the range 50–170 GHz. The gas flows ...
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