Southwest Catalysis Society

Study on Catalysis of Cu-Fe Metal Composite Oxides to Thermal Decomposition Behavior of Bluestone

Nano-CuFe2O4 catalysts with different Cu/Fe molar ratios (CunFemO(n+1.5m)) were prepared by hydrothermal method. The thermal decomposition performance of CunFemO(n+1.5m) on CuSO4 were determined with TG-DSC method to evaluate its catalytic activity and the roasted product was characterized by ...

The importance of dynamics in substrate-assisted catalysis and specificity.

The QM/MM MD and free energy simulations show that the dynamics involving a His residue at the P1 site of the substrate may play an important role in substrate-assisted catalysis and specificity for a serine-carboxyl peptidase.

Oxidative γ-addition of enals to trifluoromethyl ketones: enantioselectivity control via Lewis acid/N-heterocyclic carbene cooperative catalysis.

An oxidative γ-functionalization of enals under N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) catalysis to give unsaturated δ-lactones is disclosed. Enantioselectivity control involving the relatively remote enal γ-carbon was achieved via Lewis acid [Sc(OTf)(3) or combined Sc(OTf)(3)/Mg(OTf)(2)] and NHC cooperative catalysis.

Catalysis making the world a better place.

In June 2015, a discussion meeting entitled ‘Catalysis improving society’ was held based around the research initiatives of the recently established UK Catalysis Hub. The title is very bold for a discussion meeting, and this is indeed true. However, it is hard to imagine the world today or indeed civilized society without the impact of catalysis on the fundamental aspects required for life, nam...

Oxygenation of nitrogen-coordinated palladium(0): synthetic, structural, and mechanistic studies and implications for aerobic oxidation catalysis.