Dr Russell Taylor's Outputs (7)

Selective alkylation of mandelic acid to diarylacetic acids over a commercial zeolite (2023)
Journal Article
Meacham, S. G., & Taylor, R. A. (2023). Selective alkylation of mandelic acid to diarylacetic acids over a commercial zeolite. Chemical Communications, 59(60), 9243-9246. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3cc01444d

A commercial zeolite is shown to be a highly effective heterogeneous catalyst for the Friedel–Crafts alkyation of mandelic acid with aromatic substrates. The reaction yields mixed diarylacetic acids in one step avoiding the need for inert atmosphere... Read More about Selective alkylation of mandelic acid to diarylacetic acids over a commercial zeolite.

Tandem Reduction–Reoxidation Augments the Catalytic Activity of Sn-Beta Zeolites by Redispersion and Respeciation of SnO2 Clusters (2021)
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Peeters, E., Khalil, I., Eloy, P., Calderon-Ardila, S., Dijkmans, J., Ferrini, P., Debecker, D. P., Taylor, R. A., Douvalis, A. P., Dusselier, M., & Sels, B. F. (2021). Tandem Reduction–Reoxidation Augments the Catalytic Activity of Sn-Beta Zeolites by Redispersion and Respeciation of SnO2 Clusters. Chemistry of Materials, 33(23), 9366-9381. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c03265

High dispersion of Sn in beta (β) zeolites is pivotal to obtain highly active Snβ catalysts with high productivity. However, at higher Sn loadings, Sn dispersion and the activity per Sn decrease. The present work highlights the augmentation of cataly... Read More about Tandem Reduction–Reoxidation Augments the Catalytic Activity of Sn-Beta Zeolites by Redispersion and Respeciation of SnO2 Clusters.

Zinc Oxide-Modified Mordenite as an Effective Catalyst for the Dehydrogenation of (bio)Ethanol to Acetaldehyde (2021)
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Raynes, S. J., & Taylor, R. A. (2021). Zinc Oxide-Modified Mordenite as an Effective Catalyst for the Dehydrogenation of (bio)Ethanol to Acetaldehyde. Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 5(7), 2136-2148. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1se00091h

The direct transformation of ethanol to acetaldehyde is an important step in the cascade conversion of bioethanol to higher value chemicals and for the development of sustainable fuels. Herein, zinc oxide supported on alkali cation-exchanged mordenit... Read More about Zinc Oxide-Modified Mordenite as an Effective Catalyst for the Dehydrogenation of (bio)Ethanol to Acetaldehyde.

Framework Effects on Activation and Functionalisation of Methane in Zinc‐Exchanged Zeolites (2020)
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Shah, M. A., Raynes, S., Apperley, D. C., & Taylor, R. A. (2020). Framework Effects on Activation and Functionalisation of Methane in Zinc‐Exchanged Zeolites. ChemPhysChem, 21(7), 673-679. https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201900973

The first selective oxidation of methane to methanol is reported herein for zinc‐exchanged MOR (Zn/MOR). Under identical conditions, Zn/FER and Zn/ZSM‐5 both form zinc formate and methanol. Selective methane activation to form [Zn‐CH 3 ] + species wa... Read More about Framework Effects on Activation and Functionalisation of Methane in Zinc‐Exchanged Zeolites.

Direct conversion of methane to methanol with zeolites: towards understanding the role of extra-framework d-block metal and zeolite framework type (2019)
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Raynes, S. J., Shah, M. A., & Taylor, R. A. (2019). Direct conversion of methane to methanol with zeolites: towards understanding the role of extra-framework d-block metal and zeolite framework type. Dalton Transactions, 48(28), 10364-10384. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9dt00922a

The direct conversion of methane to methanol has been an active area of research for over a century, though a viable industrial process is yet to be realised. However, in the last three decades substantial progress has been made in the field through... Read More about Direct conversion of methane to methanol with zeolites: towards understanding the role of extra-framework d-block metal and zeolite framework type.

Cp*Fe(Me2PCH2CH2PMe2)(CHO): Hydride shuttle reactivity of a thermally stable formyl complex (2019)
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Sapsford, J. S., Gates, S. J., Doyle, L. R., Taylor, R. A., Díez-González, S., & Ashley, A. E. (2019). Cp*Fe(Me2PCH2CH2PMe2)(CHO): Hydride shuttle reactivity of a thermally stable formyl complex. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 488, 201-207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2019.01.022

[Cp*Fe(Me2PCH2CH2PMe2)(CO)]+ [BArF24]− has been synthesised and characterised using single crystal X-ray diffraction, NMR and IR spectroscopies. Reduction of the CO ligand using Na[Et3BH] produces the corresponding neutral formyl complex Cp*Fe(Me2PCH... Read More about Cp*Fe(Me2PCH2CH2PMe2)(CHO): Hydride shuttle reactivity of a thermally stable formyl complex.

Rapid transfer hydrogenation of acetophenone using ruthenium catalysts bearing commercially available and readily accessible nitrogen and phosphorous donor ligands (2018)
Journal Article
Braden, D. J., Cariou, R., Shabaker, J. W., & Taylor, R. A. (2019). Rapid transfer hydrogenation of acetophenone using ruthenium catalysts bearing commercially available and readily accessible nitrogen and phosphorous donor ligands. Applied Catalysis A: General, 570, 367-375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2018.11.031

The screening, synthesis and testing of Ru complexes generated from commercially available ligands or ligands that can be synthesised in one step, is described. The catalysts were tested for activity in the transfer hydrogenation of acetophenone by i... Read More about Rapid transfer hydrogenation of acetophenone using ruthenium catalysts bearing commercially available and readily accessible nitrogen and phosphorous donor ligands.