Highly Nickel-Loaded γ-Alumina Composites for a Radiofrequency-Heated, Low-Temperature CO Methanation Scheme.

In this work, we joined highly Ni-loaded γ-Al O composites, straightforwardly prepared by impregnation methods, with an induction heating setup suited to control, almost in real-time, any temperature swing at the catalyst sites (i. e., "hot spots" ignition) caused by an exothermic reaction at the heart of the power-to-gas (P2G) chain: CO methanation.

Bis(alkyl) scandium and yttrium complexes coordinated by an amidopyridinate ligand: synthesis, characterization and catalytic performance in isoprene polymerization, hydroelementation and carbon dioxide hydrosilylation.

New neutral bis(alkyl) Sc and Y complexes [N,Npy,N-]Ln(CH2SiMe3)2(THF)n [n = 0, Ln = Sc (1Sc), Y (1Y); n = 1, Ln = Y (1YTHF)] stabilized by a tridentate monoanionic amidopyridinate ligand were straightforwardly prepared by alkane elimination, upon mixing ligand [N,Npy,N-]H and metal precursor Ln(CH2SiMe3)3(THF)2 in toluene at 0 °C. Depending on the work-up conditions, yttrium bis(alkyl)s were isolated as either a pentacoordinate Lewis base free complex [N,Npy,N-]Y(CH2SiMe3)2 (1Y) or as a hexacoordinate THF adduct [N,Npy,N-]Y(CH2SiMe3)2THF (1YTHF). For the smaller Sc ion the only solvent-free complex [N,Npy,N-]Y(CH2SiMe3)2 (1Sc) was isolated as a pentacoordinate species irrespective of the reaction/work-up/crystallization conditions applied.

Playing with covalent triazine framework tiles for improved CO adsorption properties and catalytic performance.

The rational design and synthesis of covalent triazine frameworks (CTFs) from defined dicyano-aryl building blocks or their binary mixtures is of fundamental importance for a judicious tuning of the chemico-physical and morphological properties of this class of porous organic polymers. In fact, their gas adsorption capacity and their performance in a variety of catalytic transformations can be modulated through an appropriate selection of the building blocks. In this contribution, a set of five CTFs (-) have been prepared under classical ionothermal conditions from single dicyano-aryl or heteroaryl systems.

Hydrogenolysis of Dinuclear PCN Ligated Pd μ-Hydroxides and Their Mononuclear Pd Hydroxide Analogues.

The hydrogenolysis of mono- and dinuclear Pd hydroxides was investigated both experimentally and computationally. It was found that the dinuclear μ-hydroxide complexes {[(PCN )Pd] (μ-OH)}(OTf) (PCN =1-[3-[(di-tert-butylphosphino)methyl]phenyl]-1H-pyrazole; PCN =1-[3-[(di-tert-butylphosphino)methyl]phenyl]-5-methyl-1H-pyrazole) react with H to form the analogous dinuclear hydride species {[(PCN )Pd] (μ-H)}(OTf). The dinuclear μ-hydride complexes were fully characterized, and are rare examples of structurally characterized unsupported singly bridged μ-H Pd dimers.