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Congrats Hai-Xu Wang!
CO₂ hydrogenation to formate and NAD⁺ hydrogenation to NADH — long considered purely non-electrochemical heterolytic hydrogenations — can actually follow an electrochemical mechanism, coupling oxidative hydrogen oxidation (HOR) and reductive hydrogen reduction reactions (HRR)!
CO₂ hydrogenation to formate and NAD⁺ hydrogenation to NADH — long considered purely non-electrochemical heterolytic hydrogenations — can actually follow an electrochemical mechanism, coupling oxidative hydrogen oxidation (HOR) and reductive hydrogen reduction reactions (HRR)!
Thermochemical heterolytic hydrogenation catalysis proceeds through polarization-driven hydride transfer - Nature Chemistry
Heterolytic hydrogenations are a key reaction class that includes CO2 reduction to formate and NADH regeneration, yet the mechanism remains unclear. Now it has been shown that this class of thermochemical reactions proceeds through an electrochemical mechanism, with polarization-driven, interfacial hydride transfer as the rate-determining step.
www.nature.com
October 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Congrats Hai-Xu Wang!
CO₂ hydrogenation to formate and NAD⁺ hydrogenation to NADH — long considered purely non-electrochemical heterolytic hydrogenations — can actually follow an electrochemical mechanism, coupling oxidative hydrogen oxidation (HOR) and reductive hydrogen reduction reactions (HRR)!
CO₂ hydrogenation to formate and NAD⁺ hydrogenation to NADH — long considered purely non-electrochemical heterolytic hydrogenations — can actually follow an electrochemical mechanism, coupling oxidative hydrogen oxidation (HOR) and reductive hydrogen reduction reactions (HRR)!
Congratulations to Hye Won Chung and Dr. Hai-Xu Wang!
Using hydrogen reduction reaction (HRR), where H2 interconverts w/ hydrides, they developed a potentiometric method to quantify molecular hydricity, applied it to substrates including formate & borohydrides, and investigated solvent-dependence.
Using hydrogen reduction reaction (HRR), where H2 interconverts w/ hydrides, they developed a potentiometric method to quantify molecular hydricity, applied it to substrates including formate & borohydrides, and investigated solvent-dependence.
Reversible Interfacial Hydride Transfer as a Complementary Tool To Measure Molecular Hydricity
Hydride transfer is an essential elementary reaction across the chemical value chain, but there are limited methods available for quantifying thermodynamic hydricity (ΔGH–), particularly among main gr...
pubs.acs.org
October 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Congratulations to Hye Won Chung and Dr. Hai-Xu Wang!
Using hydrogen reduction reaction (HRR), where H2 interconverts w/ hydrides, they developed a potentiometric method to quantify molecular hydricity, applied it to substrates including formate & borohydrides, and investigated solvent-dependence.
Using hydrogen reduction reaction (HRR), where H2 interconverts w/ hydrides, they developed a potentiometric method to quantify molecular hydricity, applied it to substrates including formate & borohydrides, and investigated solvent-dependence.
Congrats Kunal!
Congratulations to Dr. Santosh Singh, Naike Ye, Kaelyn McFarlane-Connelly, Robert Raclea, and
Kunal Lodaya, who were each recently honored with the inaugural Department of Chemistry Research Excellence Award.
@interphases.org @drennanlab.bsky.social
chemistry.mit.edu/chemistry-ne...
Kunal Lodaya, who were each recently honored with the inaugural Department of Chemistry Research Excellence Award.
@interphases.org @drennanlab.bsky.social
chemistry.mit.edu/chemistry-ne...
October 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Congrats Kunal!
Congrats Dr. Deiaa Harraz!
Congratulations to Deiaa Harraz, a PhD candidate in the Surendranath Group (@interphases.org), who has been chosen as the 2025 recipient of the Davison Prize, which is given in honor of the best PhD thesis in Inorganic Chemistry.
chemistry.mit.edu/chemistry-ne...
chemistry.mit.edu/chemistry-ne...
October 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Congrats Dr. Deiaa Harraz!
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13/ Come on SpongeBob! You know: I wungsten, you wungsten, he/she/me wungsten...
doi.org/10.1128/jb.1...
⚗️🧪 #chemsky
doi.org/10.1128/jb.1...
⚗️🧪 #chemsky
August 15, 2025 at 5:46 AM
13/ Come on SpongeBob! You know: I wungsten, you wungsten, he/she/me wungsten...
doi.org/10.1128/jb.1...
⚗️🧪 #chemsky
doi.org/10.1128/jb.1...
⚗️🧪 #chemsky
Omnipath H2 aims to revolutionize the midstream hydrogen industry based on a technology developed in the Surendrath group. We congratulate the team for winning 2nd place at this year’s MIT Climate & Energy Prize.
May 3, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Omnipath H2 aims to revolutionize the midstream hydrogen industry based on a technology developed in the Surendrath group. We congratulate the team for winning 2nd place at this year’s MIT Climate & Energy Prize.
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Yogesh Surendranath @ChemistryMIT @interphases.org opens the Spring Meeting #sm25 of @swisschemistry.bsky.social with ‚Using Electrochemistry to Understand and Control Thermochemical Catalysis‘ @unibe.ch
April 24, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Yogesh Surendranath @ChemistryMIT @interphases.org opens the Spring Meeting #sm25 of @swisschemistry.bsky.social with ‚Using Electrochemistry to Understand and Control Thermochemical Catalysis‘ @unibe.ch
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they did oxygen evolution on a hazelnut
[to prove the point that it's meaningless it is to interpret electrocatalytic data from poorly defined complex electrode materials]
#chemsky ⚗️🧪
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
[to prove the point that it's meaningless it is to interpret electrocatalytic data from poorly defined complex electrode materials]
#chemsky ⚗️🧪
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Electrocatalysis Goes Nuts
While searching for new nanoelectrocatalysts with outstanding performance, researchers often disregard the complexity and true usability of such materials. Here, it is argued that the chemical and str...
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April 7, 2025 at 10:07 AM
they did oxygen evolution on a hazelnut
[to prove the point that it's meaningless it is to interpret electrocatalytic data from poorly defined complex electrode materials]
#chemsky ⚗️🧪
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
[to prove the point that it's meaningless it is to interpret electrocatalytic data from poorly defined complex electrode materials]
#chemsky ⚗️🧪
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Reposted by The Surendranath Group 🥭
Reposted by The Surendranath Group 🥭
Great Perspective from Cathy Tway & Sorin Filip here too www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
April 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Great Perspective from Cathy Tway & Sorin Filip here too www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Fascinating chemsky paper in @science.org today from @interphases.org meticulously revealing that vinyl acetate synthesis operates through tandem homogeneous and heterogeneous palladium catalysis 🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Homogeneous-heterogeneous bifunctionality in Pd-catalyzed vinyl acetate synthesis
Presently, mechanistic paradigms in catalysis generally posit that the active species remains either homogeneous or heterogeneous throughout the reaction. In this work, we show that a prominent indust...
www.science.org
April 3, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Fascinating chemsky paper in @science.org today from @interphases.org meticulously revealing that vinyl acetate synthesis operates through tandem homogeneous and heterogeneous palladium catalysis 🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Congratulations our very own Deiaa Harraz, Kunal Lodaya, Bryan Tang for their new paper in Science!
Check out our new paper titled Homogeneous-heterogeneous bifunctionality in Pd-catalyzed vinyl acetate synthesis
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Check out our new paper titled Homogeneous-heterogeneous bifunctionality in Pd-catalyzed vinyl acetate synthesis
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Homogeneous-heterogeneous bifunctionality in Pd-catalyzed vinyl acetate synthesis
Presently, mechanistic paradigms in catalysis generally posit that the active species remains either homogeneous or heterogeneous throughout the reaction. In this work, we show that a prominent indust...
www.science.org
April 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Congratulations our very own Deiaa Harraz, Kunal Lodaya, Bryan Tang for their new paper in Science!
Check out our new paper titled Homogeneous-heterogeneous bifunctionality in Pd-catalyzed vinyl acetate synthesis
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Check out our new paper titled Homogeneous-heterogeneous bifunctionality in Pd-catalyzed vinyl acetate synthesis
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We have a new LinkedIn page! Check it out here www.linkedin.com/company/sure...
April 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
We have a new LinkedIn page! Check it out here www.linkedin.com/company/sure...
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[1/2] aromaticity question for #chemsky:
consider this annular carbon allotrope C18. let's define p orbitals sigma-bonding tangential to the ring as p_z, those pi-bonding in the plane of the ring to be p_y, and those pi-bonding perpendicular to the plane of the ring to be p_x.
consider this annular carbon allotrope C18. let's define p orbitals sigma-bonding tangential to the ring as p_z, those pi-bonding in the plane of the ring to be p_y, and those pi-bonding perpendicular to the plane of the ring to be p_x.
April 3, 2025 at 11:39 AM
[1/2] aromaticity question for #chemsky:
consider this annular carbon allotrope C18. let's define p orbitals sigma-bonding tangential to the ring as p_z, those pi-bonding in the plane of the ring to be p_y, and those pi-bonding perpendicular to the plane of the ring to be p_x.
consider this annular carbon allotrope C18. let's define p orbitals sigma-bonding tangential to the ring as p_z, those pi-bonding in the plane of the ring to be p_y, and those pi-bonding perpendicular to the plane of the ring to be p_x.
Take a look at our new paper by Neil Razdan and Karl Westendorff as they develop an exciting new method to measure the potential of thermochemical catalysts supported on electrically insulating supports!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#chemsky #echem #echemsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#chemsky #echem #echemsky
Wireless potentiometry of thermochemical heterogeneous catalysis - Nature Catalysis
Interfacial polarization influences catalytic reactions occurring at solid–liquid interfaces, but its measurement was previously limited to conductive materials. Now redox-active molecules enable elec...
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April 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Take a look at our new paper by Neil Razdan and Karl Westendorff as they develop an exciting new method to measure the potential of thermochemical catalysts supported on electrically insulating supports!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#chemsky #echem #echemsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#chemsky #echem #echemsky
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The Mango Industrial Complex, up to their usual tactics I see
Every time I find one of these, I laugh harder.
Today's find - headlines saying that mangoes can improve diabetes. The study was funded by BIG MANGO.
Wonderful stuff. Better than fiction.
Today's find - headlines saying that mangoes can improve diabetes. The study was funded by BIG MANGO.
Wonderful stuff. Better than fiction.
March 17, 2025 at 11:25 PM
The Mango Industrial Complex, up to their usual tactics I see
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I love it that in Australia you don't just buy a mango, but you can choose from about five varieties in any supermarket
February 8, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I love it that in Australia you don't just buy a mango, but you can choose from about five varieties in any supermarket
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Our article with @interphases.org on the role of ion management in enhancing performance for bipolar membranes in forward bias is now #OpenAccess as a part of @natchemeng.bsky.social’s @natureportfolio.bsky.social Anniversary issue! 🧪
Link: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#ChemSky #CompChemSky
Link: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#ChemSky #CompChemSky
Ion-specific phenomena limit energy recovery in forward-biased bipolar membranes - Nature Chemical Engineering
Forward-biased bipolar membranes (FB-BPMs), which recover potential from pH gradients through ion–ion recombination, show promise for application in sustainable devices. The authors use physics-based ...
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January 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Our article with @interphases.org on the role of ion management in enhancing performance for bipolar membranes in forward bias is now #OpenAccess as a part of @natchemeng.bsky.social’s @natureportfolio.bsky.social Anniversary issue! 🧪
Link: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#ChemSky #CompChemSky
Link: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#ChemSky #CompChemSky
x.com/meganj6E23/s... 👀👀👀👀 congrats Kenneth and Megan!!
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January 30, 2025 at 3:35 AM
x.com/meganj6E23/s... 👀👀👀👀 congrats Kenneth and Megan!!
why not join the SURENDRANATH GROUP
January 22, 2025 at 2:36 AM
why not join the SURENDRANATH GROUP