The performance of a direct methanol alkaline anion-exchange membrane (Fumatech FAA3) fuel cell with Pt-free nitrogen-doped few-walled carbon nanotubes (N-FWCNT) as the cathode catalyst is compared with a commercial supported Pt catalyst. The ionomer content of the N-FWCNT cathode catalyst layer is therefore optimized and it is shown to be 40 wt% of FAA3. Scanning electron microscopy images of ...

The previously developed enantioselective iodocyclization of gamma-hydroxy-cis-alkenes required 30 mol% of (R,R)-salen-Co(II) complex as chiral catalyst and 0.75 equivalent of N-chlorosuccinimide (NCS) as activator to produce 2-substituted tetrahydrofurans with 61 to 90% ee. Due to the considerable loading amount of the Co(II) complex, another more effective catalyst was pursued by screening (R...

Efficient and selective oxidation of alcohols with NaIO4 catalyzed by an organic-inorganic hybrid material in which manganese(III)5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-aminophenyl)porphyrin chloride, MnIII(TAPP)Cl, is covalently linked to a Lindqvist structure of polyoxometalate, Mo6O192-, at room temperature is reported. The effect of various parameters such as catalyst amount, solvent and oxidant were studie...

Dichloro-bis(aminophosphine) complexes of palladium with the general formula of [(P{(NC5H10)3-n(C6H11)n})2Pd(Cl)2] (where n = 0-2), belong to a new family of easy accessible, very cheap, and air stable, but highly active and universally applicable C-C cross-coupling catalysts with an excellent functional group tolerance. Dichloro{bis[1,1',1''-(phosphinetriyl)tripiperidine]}palladium [(P(NC5H10)...

Alumina-supported 1 wt. % Pd catalysts were prepared by the deposition precipitation (DP) and impregnation (IMP) methods. The DP catalysts showed higher activity than those of their IMP analogues for decomposition of nitrous oxide. The DRIFTS analysis revealed preferential formation of partially oxidized Pd species on the surface of DP-Cl catalyst. The temperatures at which the peak maxima appe...

The asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of imines was performed with the use of a polymer-immobilized chiral catalyst. The chiral catalyst, prepared from crosslinked polystyrene-immobilized chiral 1,2-diamine monosulfonamide, was effective in the asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of N-benzyl imines in CH(2)Cl(2) to give a chiral amine in high yield and good enantioselectivity. Furthermore, an amp...

The first generation Grubbs catalyst [Cl(2){P(C(6)H(11))(3)}(2)Ru=C(H)Ph] reacts efficiently with alkynylsilanes in the presence of water to give the styryl carbene complex [Cl(2){P(C(6)H(11))}(2) Ru=C(CH=CHPh)H] and disiloxane.

An efficient process for obtaining isoidide by catalytic epimerization of isosorbide using HRu(CO)Cl(PPh3)3/Xantphos (1/1) as organometallic catalyst without hydrogen is reported. The led to a thermodynamic equilibrium mixture containing 37% isosorbide, 57% and 6% isomannide in 1 h at 170 °C tert-amyl alcohol. same proportions were reached the precursor HRu(CO)Cl(PPh3)3 associated with sulfonat...

in this research, we have developed cheap recyclable and task-specific acidic ionic liquids (ails) 1-hydrogen-3-methylimidazolium hydrogen sulfate [hmim]hso4, 1-hydrogen-3-methylimidazolium chloride [hmim]cl, 2-pyrrolidonium hydrogensulfate [hnhp]hso4 and applied them in acid catalyzed synthesis of quinoxaline derivatives from 1,2-phenylendiamines and 1,2-dicarbonyl compounds. the products coul...

A model for the cathode catalyst layer (CL) is presented, which validated with previous experimental data in terms of both performance and oxygen transport resistance. The includes a 1D macroscopic description proton, electron across CL thickness, locally coupled to microscopic that describes toward Pt sites. Oxygen from channel ionic membrane are incorporated through integral boundary conditio...