Exploring the potential catalytic applications of boron-doped carbon materials is a fascinating challenge. Here we describe that boron-doped onion-like carbon and carbon nanotubes as metal-free catalysts exhibit excellent catalytic activity and stability in nitroarene reduction under a stoichiometric amount of reductant.

We report herein the first synthesis of propargylic alcohols using an organic reducing agent. Diarylbutynol derivatives are formed in moderate to good yields under mild conditions from the reaction of 1-(3-chloroprop-1-ynyl)-4-nitrobenzene with various aromatic aldehydes using tetrakis(dimethylamino)ethylene (TDAE) as reductant.

Reduction of the iron in ferriagrobactin by the cytoplasmic fraction of Agrobacterium tumefaciens strictly required NaDH as the reductant. Addition of flavin mononucleotide and anaerobic conditions were necessary for the reaction; when added with flavin mononucleotide, magnesium was stimulatory. This ferrisiderophore reductase activity may be a part of the iron assimilation process in A. tumefa...

The hydroboration of aldehydes, ketones and CO2 is demonstrated using a cheap air stable [Fe(salen)]2-μ-oxo pre-catalyst with pinacolborane (HBpin) as the reductant under mild conditions.

The catalysis of nitrogen reduction by extracts of nitrogen-fixing organisms requires an ATPgenerating system and a source of electrons (1, 2, 5, 11, 13). The phosplhoroclastic reaction provides botlh ATP anid electrons for the reduction of nitrogen by cell-free extracts of Clostridium1t pasteurianumn (2, 5, 13) and ferredoxin functions as the natural electron carrier from the phlosphoroclastic...

We studied synthesis of Ni or Fe nanoparticle-loaded multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) by pyrolyzing metal organic salts with CaH2, a very strong reductant. The use of CaH2 lowered the formation temperature of MWCNTs down to 400 °C without the use of toxic halogen-containing precursors and assistance of plasma.

This paper highlights Ni-catalyzed allylation of electron-rich aryl bromides with a variety of substituted allylic carbonates using zinc as the terminal reductant, affording E-alkenes regioselectively in good to excellent yields by the addition of aryl to the less hindered allylic carbon. The electron-deficient aryl bromides and chlorides are also highly efficient coupling partners.

An operationally simple iron-catalyzed hydrodehalogenation of aryl halides has been developed with 1 mol% Fe(acac)(3) and commercial t-BuMgCl as reductant. The mild reaction conditions (THF, 0 degrees C, 1.5 h) effect rapid chemoselective dehalogenation of (hetero)aryl halides (I, Br, Cl) and tolerate F, Cl, OR, SR, CN, CO(2)R, and vinyl groups.

The effects of transglutaminase (TGase), reductant, and thermal treatment on the cross-linking white proteins in soft-shell turtle eggs were investigated. Egg denatured by reductant (0.83% 2-mercaptoethanol, 2-ME) pretreatment (95 °C 5 min), then catalyzed TGase (1.0 unit/mL). SDS–PAGE showed that without any pretreatments, three major egg (210 kDa, 115 76 kDa proteins) inferior substrates for ...

Hydrogenase-mediated reduction of flavin mononucleotide by H 2 is exploited to enable cleaner application nitroreductase enzymes for aromatic nitro functional groups. This turns the overall reaction into a biocatalytic hydrogenation. Use flavin-containing nitroreductases in industrial biotechnology typically relies upon NADH or NADPH as reductant, together with glucose dehydrogenase and regener...