An eco-safe and facile multi-component domino reaction has been described for the synthesis of 1H-pyrazolo [1, 2-b] phthalazine-5, 10-dione derivatives. The products were obtained by a four-component condensation reaction between phthalimide, hydrazine monohydrate, aromatic aldehyde derivatives and malononitrile in the presence of a catalytic amount of copper (II) oxide (CuO) ...

Irradiating gold nanoparticles at their plasmon resonance frequency creates immense plasmonic charge and high temperatures, which can be used to drive catalytic reactions. By integrating strongly plasmonic nanoparticles with strongly catalytic metal oxides, significant enhancements in the catalytic activity can be achieved. Here, we study the plasmonically driven catalytic conversion of CO to C...

We study equilibrium properties of a catalytically-activated annihilation A + A → 0 reaction taking place on a one-dimensional chain of length N (N → ∞) in which some segments (placed at random, with mean concentration p) possess special, catalytic properties. Annihilation reaction takes place, as soon as any two A particles land onto two vacant sites at the extremities of the catalytic segment...