A rhenium-oxo complex such as methyltrioxorhenium (MTO) has been homogeneously immobilized on a Schiff base modified graphene oxide (GrO) support via covalent bonding. The loading of MTO on GrO nanosheets was monitored by FTIR, TG-DTA, and elemental analyses. The developed heterogeneous catalyst is found to be efficient for the oxidation of various amines to the corresponding N-oxides using hyd...

We show that molecular catalysts for fuel-forming reactions can be immobilized on graphitic carbon electrode surfaces via noncovalent interactions. A pyrene-appended bipyridine ligand (P) serves as the linker between each complex and the surface. Immobilization of a rhodium proton-reduction catalyst, [Cp*Rh(P)Cl]Cl (1), and a rhenium CO2-reduction catalyst, Re(P)(CO)3Cl (2), afford electrocatal...

Abstract: A rhenium complex, [ReBr(CO)3(thf)]2, catalyzed insertion of terminal alkynes into a C–H bond of active methylene sites of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds. When a catalytic amount of isocyanide or molecular sieves was added to the reaction mixture, the reaction course changed markedly, and insertion of alkynes into a C–C single bond between αand β-positions of cyclic and acyclic β-keto ester...

A series of rhenium complexes bearing a pyridine-based PNP-type pincer ligand are synthesized from phosphine as precursors. dinitrogen-bridged dirhenium complex the ligands catalytically converts dinitrogen into ammonia during reaction with KC8 reductant and [HPCy3]BArF4 (Cy=cyclohexyl, ArF=3,5-(CF3)2C6H3) proton source at ?78 °C to afford 8.4 equiv based on atom catalyst. The rhenium-dinitroge...

A mild method for the regioselective synthesis of propargyl ethers by the coupling of propargyl alcohols with a range of other alcohols is described. The method employs an air- and moisture-tolerant rhenium-oxo complex ((dppm)ReOCl3) as a catalyst for the formation of sp3-carbon-oxygen bonds without the need for prior activation of the propargyl alcohol or deprotonation of the alcohol nucleophi...

Article history: Received 11 October 2015 Received in revised form 2 December 2015 Accepted 15 December 2015 Available online 17 December 2015 The dry reforming of methane (DRM) utilizes carbon dioxide (CO2) as the oxidizing agent in order to produce synthesis gas. Catalyst deactivation via coking, oxidation, and sintering has stymied the industrialization of catalysts for the DRM. Here, we uti...

We report a variety of rhenium complexes supported by bidentate and tridentate phosphinoamine ligands their use in the formation advanced biofuel isobutanol from methanol ethanol. Rhenium pincer 1–3 are effective catalysts for this process, with 2 giving 35% yields, 97% selectivity liquid fraction, over 16 h catalyst loadings as low 0.07 mol %. However, these show poorer overall selectivity, si...

Catalyitic reforming is one of the refinery processes in catalyst conversion that results to anincreases in octane number of naphtan which leads to production of gasoline with higher octanenumber. Hydrocarbons with high octan number that are produced in reforming process are as;aromatics, paraffins, isomers and etc.Not only Aromatics are used as fuel for motors but they are also useful in petro...