Publications by authors named "Mohammed A Belahouane"
Coacervate Droplets as Biomimetic Models for Designing Cell-Like Microreactors.
Macromol Rapid Commun
December 2024
Article Synopsis
- * Recent advances involve using both synthetic and natural molecules to create hierarchical chemical systems that mimic life-like properties through coacervation.
- * The review discusses the materials used in coacervation, their chemical structure's impact on behavior, and the applications of coacervates in creating cell-like microreactors that facilitate controlled chemical reactions in aqueous environments.
We describe here the development of a visible light driven nickel carbonylation catalyst. The combination of the large bite-angle Xantphos ligand with nickel(0) generates a catalyst capable of activating alkyl halides toward carbonylation at ambient temperature in the presence of blue light irradiation, and the reductive elimination of high energy acid chloride products. Unlike classical carbonylations, where the coordination of carbon monoxide inhibits the reactivity of earth abundant nickel catalysts, a CO-associated nickel is found to be the active catalyst in the reaction.
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