The silylation of SBA-15 enhances the reducibility of cobalt oxides on a SBA-15 supported cobalt catalyst, and consequently increases the catalytic activity for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis of hydrocarbons from syngas and selectivity for longer chain products.

The hydrocarbonylation of alkenes, including allyl alcohol, catalysed by rhodium complexes and wide angle bidentate ligands together with PEt(3), gives alcohols as the primary products with high chemo and regio-selectivity.

The unprecedented reaction of trisubstituted alkenes with iron porphyrin carbenes has been successfully developed. Both multiply substituted 1,3-butadiene and cyclopentadiene products are readily accessible with high efficiency and selectivity in good yields.

two n4-type schiff base ligands named n,n'-bis(2-pyridylmethylidene)-1,2-diiminoethane (l1) and n,n'-bis(2-pyridylmethylidene)-1,3-diiminopropane (l2) have been synthesized by the reaction of pyridine-2-carbaldehyde with ethylenediamine and propylenediamine, respectively. the binding abilities of l1 and l2 in dichloromethane towards cu2+, cd2+, co2+, ni2+, zn2+ and pb2+ ions were evaluated by p...

Co-precipitated Cu-MgO catalysts were prepared and evaluated for the gas-phase hydrogenation of furfural. The effect of heating rate at the calcination step was studied by comparing the performance of three catalysts prepared via the same procedure but calcined at different heating rates. The results established that altering the heating rate could influence the structural properties of the cat...

Reactions of propargylic halides with trifluoromethyltrimethylsilane in the presence of a catalytic amount of copper(I) thiophene-2-carboxylate (CuTC) have been found to give the corresponding trifluoromethylated products in good to high yields with a high selectivity.

Favoring the CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) over the hydrogen evolution reaction and controlling the selectivity towards multicarbon products are currently major scientific challenges in sustainable energy research. It is known that the morphology of the catalyst can modulate catalytic activity and selectivity, yet this remains a relatively underexplored area in electrochemical CO2 reduction. H...

The Fischer-Tropsch synthesis is a catalytic process that can produce a fuel similar to fossil fuels by using primary sources such as agricultural waste and carbon sources that can convert into synthesis gas by superheated steam. All fuel derivatives can be supplied through the Fischer-Tropsch reaction. The synthesis produces a variety of hydrocarbons via parallel and sequential reactions. Howe...