SYNCAT Publications

2021

  • Armstrong K, Barbarino S, Cao XE, Cassiola F, Catlow RA, Claeys M, et al.
    Thermal catalytic conversion: general discussion
    Faraday Discussions. 2021; 230: 124-151. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1fd90045e
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  • Arturi K, Rohrbach T, Vogel F, Bjelić S
    High yields of aromatic monomers from acidolytic oxidation of Kraft lignin in a biphasic system
    Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. 2021; 60(30): 11009-11018. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.1c01776
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  • Athar M, Rzepka P, Thoeny D, Ranocchiari M, van Bokhoven JA
    Thermal degradation of defective high-surface-area UiO-66 in different gaseous environments
    RSC Advances. 2021; 11(61): 38849-38855. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1RA05411B
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  • Cartagenova D, Bachmann S, Van Bokhoven JA, Püntener K, Ranocchiari M
    Heterogeneous metal-organic framework catalysts for Suzuki-Miyaura cross coupling in the pharma industry
    Chimia. 2021; 75(11): 972-978. https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2021.972
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  • Ferreira Sanchez D, Ihli J, Zhang D, Rohrbach T, Zimmerman P, Lee J, et al.
    Spatio‐chemical heterogeneity of defect‐engineered metal‐organic framework crystals revealed by full‐field tomographic X‐ray absorption spectroscopy
    Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2021; 60(18): 10032-10039. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202013422
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  • Ihli J, Bloch L, Boecklein S, Rzepka P, Burghammer M, da Silva JC, et al.
    Evolution of heterogeneity in industrial selective oxidation catalyst pellets
    ACS Catalysis. 2021; 11(13): 8274-8283. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.1c01744
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  • Knorpp AJ, Pinar AB, Newton MA, Li T, Calbry-Muzyka A, van Bokhoven JA
    Copper-exchanged large-port and small-port mordenite (MOR) for methane-to-methanol conversion
    RSC Advances. 2021; 11(49): 31058-31061. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1RA04643H
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  • Knorpp AJ, Pinar AB, Baerlocher C, McCusker LB, Casati N, Newton MA, et al.
    Paired copper monomers in zeolite omega: the active site for methane‐to‐methanol conversion
    Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2021; 60(11): 5854-5858. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202014030
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  • Linke J, Rohrbach T, Ranocchiari M, Schmidt TJ, Fabbri E
    Enlightening the journey of metal-organic framework (derived) catalysts during the oxygen evolution reaction in alkaline media via operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy
    Current Opinion in Electrochemistry. 2021; 30: 100845 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coelec.2021.100845
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  • Liu Q, Meissel H, Sadykov I, Jones S, Van Dijk N, Rzepka P, et al.
    On the stability of Pt‐based catalysts in HBr/Br2 solution
    Helvetica Chimica Acta. 2021; 104: e2100082 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/hlca.202100082
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  • Palagin D, Sushkevich VL, Knorpp AJ, Ranocchiari M, van Bokhoven JA
    Mapping vibrational spectra to the structures of copper species in zeolites based on calculated stretching frequencies of adsorbed nitrogen and carbon monoxides
    Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2021; 125(22): 12094-12106. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c01649
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  • Pfriem N, Hintermeier PH, Eckstein S, Kim S, Liu Q, Shi H, et al.
    Role of the ionic environment in enhancing the activity of reacting molecules in zeolite pores
    Science. 2021; 372(6545): 952-957. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abh3418
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  • Pinar AB, Rzepka P, Knorpp AJ, McCusker LB, Baerlocher C, Huthwelker T, et al.
    Pinpointing and quantifying the aluminum distribution in zeolite catalysts using anomalous scattering at the Al absorption edge
    Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2021; 143(43): 17926-17930. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c06925
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  • Rannochiari M
    Design of molecular heterogeneous catalysts with metal-organic frameworks
    In: Teoh WY, Urakawa A, Ng YH, Sit P, eds. Heterogeneous catalysts. Advanced design, characterization and applications. Volume 2. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH GmbH; 2021:147-160. https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527813599.ch8
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  • Zięba J, Rzepka P, Olek BS
    Strength and compressibility of ammonia-soda residue from the solvay sodium plant
    Applied Sciences. 2021; 11(23): 11305 (15 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/app112311305
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2020

  • Bauer G, Ongari D, Tiana D, Gäumann P, Rohrbach T, Pareras G, et al.
    Metal-organic frameworks as kinetic modulators for branched selectivity in hydroformylation
    Nature Communications. 2020; 11(1): 1059 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14828-6
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  • Beck A, Huang X, Artiglia L, Zabilskiy M, Wang X, Rzepka P, et al.
    The dynamics of overlayer formation on catalyst nanoparticles and strong metal-support interaction
    Nature Communications. 2020; 11(1): 3220 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17070-2
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  • Fröjdh E, Wennmacher JTC, Rzepka P, Mozzanica A, Redford S, Schmitt B, et al.
    Discrimination of aluminum from silicon by electron crystallography with the Jungfrau detector
    Crystals. 2020; 10(12): 1-14. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst10121148
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  • Taddei M, Van Bokhoven JA, Ranocchiari M
    Influence of water in the synthesis of the zirconium-based metal-organic framework UiO-66: isolation and reactivity of [ZrCl(OH)2(DMF)2]Cl
    Inorganic Chemistry. 2020; 59(11): 7860-7868. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c00991
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  • Zhu J, Sushkevich VL, Knorpp AJ, Newton MA, Mizuno SCM, Wakihara T, et al.
    Cu-erionite zeolite achieves high yield in direct oxidation of methane to methanol by isothermal chemical looping
    Chemistry of Materials. 2020; 32(4): 1448-1453. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b04223
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2019

  • Ceballos-Torres J, Gómez-Ruiz S, Fajardo M, Pinar AB, Prashar S
    Synthesis and characterization of alkenyl and alkyl substituted group 4 metallocene dichloride complexes: applications in ethylene polymerization
    Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 2019; 899: 120890 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2019.120890
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  • Knorpp AJ, Newton MA, Sushkevich VL, Zimmermann PP, Pinar AB, van Bokhoven JA
    The influence of zeolite morphology on the conversion of methane to methanol on copper-exchanged omega zeolite (MAZ)
    Catalysis Science and Technology. 2019; 9(11): 2806-2811. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9cy00013e
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  • Li T, Krumeich F, Ihli J, Ma Z, Ishikawa T, Pinar AB, et al.
    Heavy atom labeling enables silanol defect visualization in silicalite-1 crystals
    Chemical Communications. 2019; 55(4): 482-485. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8cc07912a
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  • Mostrou S, Nagl A, Ranocchiari M, Föttinger K, van Bokhoven JA
    The catalytic and radical mechanism for ethanol oxidation to acetic acid
    Chemical Communications. 2019; 55(79): 11833-11836. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9CC05813C
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  • Nydegger M, Deshmukh R, Tervoort E, Niederberger M, Caseri W
    Composites of copper nanowires in polyethylene: preparation and processing to materials with NIR dichroism
    ACS Omega. 2019; 4(6): 11223-11228. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.9b01077
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  • Ravi M, Sushkevich VL, Knorpp AJ, Newton MA, Palagin D, Pinar AB, et al.
    Misconceptions and challenges in methane-to-methanol over transition-metal-exchanged zeolites
    Nature Catalysis. 2019; 2(6): 485-494. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-019-0273-z
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  • Tomkins P, Mansouri A, Sushkevich VL, van der Wal LI, Bozbag SE, Krumeich F, et al.
    Increasing the activity of copper exchanged mordenite in the direct isothermal conversion of methane to methanol by Pt and Pd doping
    Chemical Science. 2019; 10(1): 167-171. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8SC02795A
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2018

  • Bozbag SE, Sot P, Nachtegaal M, Ranocchiari M, van Bokhoven JA, Mesters C
    Direct stepwise oxidation of methane to methanol over Cu-SiO2
    ACS Catalysis. 2018; 8(7): 5721-5731. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.8b01021
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  • Gruene T, Li T, van Genderen E, Pinar AB, van Bokhoven JA
    Characterization at the level of individual crystals: single-crystal MFI type zeolite grains
    Chemistry: A European Journal. 2018; 24(10): 2384-2388. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201704213
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  • Knorpp AJ, Newton MA, Pinar AB, van Bokhoven JA
    Conversion of methane to methanol on copper mordenite: redox mechanism of isothermal and high-temperature-activation procedures
    Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. 2018; 57(36): 12036-12039. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.8b01183
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  • Knorpp AJ, Pinar AB, Newton MA, Sushkevich VL, van Bokhoven JA
    Copper-exchanged omega (MAZ) zeolite: copper-concentration dependent active sites and its unprecedented methane to methanol conversion
    ChemCatChem. 2018; 10(24): 5593-5596. https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201801809
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  • Li T, Ma Z, Krumeich F, Knorpp AJ, Pinar AB, van Bokhoven JA
    Properties modification of nanosized hollow zeolite crystals by desilication
    ChemNanoMat. 2018; 4(9): 992-999. https://doi.org/10.1002/cnma.201800225
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  • Pereira MM, Gomes ES, Silva AV, Pinar AB, Willinger M-G, Shanmugam S, et al.
    Biomass-mediated ZSM-5 zeolite synthesis: when self-assembly allows to cross the Si/Al lower limit
    Chemical Science. 2018; 9(31): 6532-6539. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8sc01675e
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2017

  • Bauer G, Ongari D, Xu X, Tiana D, Smit B, Ranocchiari M
    Metal–organic frameworks invert molecular reactivity: Lewis acidic phosphonium zwitterions catalyze the Aldol-Tishchenko reaction
    Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2017; 139(50): 18166-18169. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.7b10928
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  • Bohinc R, Hoszowska J, Dousse J-C, Błachucki W, Zeeshan F, Kayser Y, et al.
    Distribution of aluminum over different T-sites in ferrierite zeolites studied with aluminum valence to core X-ray emission spectroscopy
    Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 2017; 19(43): 29271-29277. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7cp05001a
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  • Ihli J, Jacob RR, Holler M, Guizar-Sicairos M, Diaz A, da Silva JC, et al.
    A three-dimensional view of structural changes caused by deactivation of fluid catalytic cracking catalysts
    Nature Communications. 2017; 8: 809 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00789-w
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  • Palagin D, Knorpp AJ, Pinar AB, Ranocchiari M, van Bokhoven JA
    Assessing the relative stability of copper oxide clusters as active sites of a CuMOR zeolite for methane to methanol conversion: size matters?
    Nanoscale. 2017; 9(3): 1144-1153. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6nr07723d
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  • Park MB, Ahn SH, Mansouri A, Ranocchiari M, van Bokhoven JA
    Comparative study of diverse copper zeolites for the conversion of methane into methanol
    ChemCatChem. 2017; 9(19): 3705-3713. https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201700768
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  • Ravi M, Ranocchiari M, van Bokhoven JA
    The direct catalytic oxidation of methane to methanol - a critical assessment
    Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2017; 56(52): 16464-16483. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201702550
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  • Sushkevich VL, Palagin D, Ranocchiari M, van Bokhoven JA
    Response to comment on "Selective anaerobic oxidation of methane enables direct synthesis of methanol"
    Science. 2017; 358(6360): eaan6083 (3 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aan6083
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  • Sushkevich VL, Palagin D, Ranocchiari M, van Bokhoven JA
    Selective anaerobic oxidation of methane enables direct synthesis of methanol
    Science. 2017; 356(6337): 523-527. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aam9035
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  • Taddei M, Casati N, Steitz DA, Dümbgen KC, van Bokhoven JA, Ranocchiari M
    In situ high-resolution powder X-ray diffraction study of UiO-66 under synthesis conditions in a continuous-flow microwave reactor
    CrystEngComm. 2017; 19(23): 3206-3214. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7ce00867h
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  • Taddei M, Tiana D, Casati N, van Bokhoven JA, Smit B, Ranocchiari M
    Mixed-linker UiO-66: structure-property relationships revealed by a combination of high-resolution powder X-ray diffraction and density functional theory calculations
    Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 2017; 19(2): 1551-1559. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6cp07801j
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  • Tomkins P, Ranocchiari M, van Bokhoven JA
    Direct conversion of methane to methanol under mild conditions over Cu-zeolites and beyond
    Accounts of Chemical Research. 2017; 50(2): 418-425. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.accounts.6b00534
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  • Vilhanová B, van Bokhoven JA, Ranocchiari M
    Gold particles supported on amino-functionalized silica catalyze transfer hydrogenation of N-heterocyclic compounds
    Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis. 2017; 359(4): 677-686. https://doi.org/10.1002/adsc.201601147
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  • Vilhanová B, Václavík J, Artiglia L, Ranocchiari M, Togni A, van Bokhoven JA
    Subnanometer gold clusters on amino-functionalized silica: an efficient catalyst for the synthesis of 1,3-diynes by oxidative alkyne coupling
    ACS Catalysis. 2017; 7(5): 3414-3418. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.7b00691
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2016

  • Beloqui Redondo A, Ranocchiari M, van Bokhoven JA
    Synthesis of sub-nanometer gold particles on modified silica
    Dalton Transactions. 2016; 45(7): 2983-2988. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5dt04957a
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  • Bozbag SE, Alayon EMC, Pecháček J, Nachtegaal M, Ranocchiari M, van Bokhoven JA
    Methane to methanol over copper mordenite: yield improvement through multiple cycles and different synthesis techniques
    Catalysis Science and Technology. 2016; 6(13): 5011-5022. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6cy00041j
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  • Costantino F, Ienco A, Taddei M
    The influence of non-covalent interactions in the structure and dimensionality of hybrid compounds and coordination polymers
    In: Maharramov AM, Mahmudov KT, Kopylovich MN, Pombeiro AJL, eds. Non‐covalent interactions in the synthesis and design of new compounds. Hoboken: Wiley; 2016:163-184. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119113874.ch9
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  • Meyer K, Bashir S, Llorca J, Idriss H, Ranocchiari M, van Bokhoven JA
    Photocatalyzed hydrogen evolution from water by a composite catalyst of NH2-MIL-125(Ti) and surface nickel(II) species
    Chemistry: A European Journal. 2016; 22(39): 13894-13899. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201601988
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  • Morris SA, Wheatley PS, Položij M, Nachtigall P, Eliášová P, Čejka J, et al.
    Combined PDF and Rietveld studies of ADORable zeolites and the disordered intermediate IPC-1P
    Dalton Transactions. 2016; 45(36): 14124-14130. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6dt02612e
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  • Taddei M, Dümbgen KC, van Bokhoven JA, Ranocchiari M
    Aging of the reaction mixture as a tool to modulate the crystallite size of UiO-66 into the low nanometer range
    Chemical Communications. 2016; 52(38): 6411-6414. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6cc02517j
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  • Taddei M, Sassi P, Costantino F, Vivani R
    Amino-functionalized layered crystalline zirconium phosphonates: synthesis, crystal structure, and spectroscopic characterization
    Inorganic Chemistry. 2016; 55(12): 6278-6285. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b00943
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  • Taddei M, Steitz DA, van Bokhoven JA, Ranocchiari M
    Continuous-flow microwave synthesis of metal-organic frameworks: a highly efficient method for large-scale production
    Chemistry: A European Journal. 2016; 22(10): 3245-3249. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201505139
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  • Taddei M, Costantino F, Vivani R
    Robust metal-organic frameworks based on tritopic phosphonoaromatic ligands
    European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 2016; 2016(27): 4300-4309. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201600207
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  • Todaro M, Buscarino G, Sciortino L, Alessi A, Messina F, Taddei M, et al.
    Decomposition process of carboxylate MOF HKUST-1 unveiled at the atomic scale level
    Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2016; 120(23): 12879-12889. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b03237
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  • Tomkins P, Mansouri A, Bozbag SE, Krumeich F, Park MB, Alayon EMC, et al.
    Isothermal cyclic conversion of methane into methanol over copper-exchanged zeolite at low temperature
    Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2016; 55(18): 5467-5471. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201511065
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  • Vilhanová B, Ranocchiari M, van Bokhoven JA
    Enantioselective hydrogenation of olefins enhanced by metal-organic framework additives
    ChemCatChem. 2016; 8(2): 308-312. https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201500907
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