Developing efficient photocatalytic systems for sustainable H2 production is a crucial step toward reducing dependence on fossil fuels. While extensive research over the past two decades has focused o...

Alkyne hydrofunctionalizations are a powerful strategy to efficiently build up structural complexity. The selectivity of these reactions is typically governed by the interaction between the alkyne and...

Selective oxidation of styrene to desired products is essential and challenging. In this study, we elucidate a unique pathway for the selective oxidation of styrene to polystyrene peroxo species, catalyzed by the cobalt(III) tert-butylperoxo complex, [CoIII(OOtBu)(qpy)(NCCH3)]2+ (1), under ambient conditions. Mechanistic investigations, including the structural determination of the diperoxo complex, [CoIII(qpy)(OOCH(Ph)CH2OOtBu)(NCCH3)]2+ (2), by X-ray analysis and theoretical calculations reveal that the reaction begins with the nucleophilic addition of styrene to the CoIII–OOtBu moiety in 1. This step is followed by an addition with an O2 molecule, forming a diperoxyl radical (PhCOO•(H)CH2OOtBu), which subsequently rebounds with CoII(qpy) to yield 2. In the presence of excess O2, complex 2 can further react with additional styrene molecules, leading to the formation of cobalt(III) polystyrene peroxo species.

Lanthanide (Ln) magnetic resonance imaging and chiral shift reagents generally exploit 1H NMR shifts, as paramagnetic broadening tends to preclude the use of heavier, less sensitive nuclei. Here, we r...

Fluorinated molecules are of paramount importance because of their unique properties. As a result, the search for innovative approaches to the synthesis of this class of compounds has been relentless ...

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Applications are invited for a postdoctoral researcher post in the Bioinspired Inorganic Chemistry group led by Dr. Aidan McDonald based in the School of Chemistry at Trinity College Dublin, the Unive...

The chemistry of precious-metal-based open-shell mononuclear complexes remains underdeveloped. Now it has been shown that iridium metalloradicals enable Ir(II)/Ir(IV) redox cycles and catalyse olefin ...