Research Highlights

Research Highlights

[Nature Catalysis] Visualizing the Structural Evolution of Individual Active Sites in MoS2 during Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Visualizing the Structural Evolution of Individual Active Sites in MoS2 during Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution ReactionAuthors: Teng-Xiang Huang, Xin Cong, Si-Si Wu, Jiang-Bin Wu, Yi-Fan Bao, Mao-Feng Cao, Liwen Wu, Miao-Ling Lin, Xiang Wang*, Ping-Heng Tan* & Bin Ren *Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s4192...

[J. Am. Chem. Soc.] Asymmetric Cross-Coupling of Aldehydes with Diverse Carbonyl or Iminyl Compounds by Photoredox-Mediated Cobalt Catalysis

Asymmetric Cross-Coupling of Aldehydes with Diverse Carbonyl or Iminyl Compounds by Photoredox-Mediated Cobalt CatalysisAuthors: Zhiyong Chi, Jia-Bin Liao, Xiuliang Cheng, Ziqi Ye, Wei Yuan, Yu-Mei Lin, and Lei Gong*Link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/jacs.4c01443

[Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.] Unveiling Low Temperature Assembly of Dense Fe-N4 Active Sites via Hydrogenation in Advanced Oxygen Reduction Catalysts

Unveiling Low Temperature Assembly of Dense Fe-N4 Active Sites via Hydrogenation in Advanced Oxygen Reduction CatalystsAuthors: Shuhu Yin, Yanrong Li, Jian Yang, Jia Liu, Shuangli Yang, Xiaoyang Cheng, Huan Huang, Rui Huang, Chong-Tai Wang, Yan-Xia Jiang*, Shigang SunLink: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202404766

[Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.] Contact-Electro-Catalysis for Direct Oxidation of Methane under Ambient Conditions

Contact-Electro-Catalysis for Direct Oxidation of Methane under Ambient ConditionsAuthors: Weixin Li, Jikai Sun, Mingda Wang, Jiajia Xu, Yanjie Wang, Li Yang, Ran Yan, Haoxian He, Shuai Wang, Wei-Qiao Deng, Zhong-Qun Tian, Feng Ru Fan* Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.202403114

[J. Am. Chem. Soc. ] Unlocking the Potential of Oxidative Asymmetric Catalysis with Continuous Flow Electrochemistry

Unlocking the Potential of Oxidative Asymmetric Catalysis with Continuous Flow Electrochemistry Authors: Peng-Yu Chen, Chong Huang, Liang-Hua Jie, Bin Guo, Shaobin Zhu, and Hai-Chao Xu* Link: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c00878 

[Nature Communications] Enantioselective functionalization of unactivated C(sp3)–H bonds through copper-catalyzed diyne cyclization by kinetic resolution

Enantioselective functionalization of unactivated C(sp3)–H bonds through copper-catalyzed diyne cyclization by kinetic resolution Authors: Yang-Bo Chen, Li-Gao Liu, Zhe-Qi Wang, Rong Chang, Xin Lu*, Bo Zhou & Long-Wu Ye*  Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-46288-7