Active Site Fluxional Restructuring as a New Paradigm in Triggering Reaction Activity for Nanocluster Catalysis.
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.1c00413
Abstract: ConspectusThe rationale of the catalytic activity observed in experiments is a crucial task in fundamental catalysis studies. Efficient catalyst design relies on an accurate understanding of the origin of the activity at the atomic level.… read more here.
Keywords: active site; geometry; reaction; fluxionality ... See more keywords
Chemical bonding and dynamic structural fluxionality of a boron-based Al2B8 binary cluster: the robustness of a doubly 6π/6σ aromatic [B8]2− molecular wheel
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DOI: 10.1039/d2ra07268h
Abstract: Despite the isovalency between Al and B elements, Al-doping in boron clusters can deviate substantially from an isoelectronic substitution process. We report herein on a unique sandwich di-Al-doped boron cluster, Al2B8, using global structural searches… read more here.
Keywords: molecular wheel; chemical bonding; cluster; boron ... See more keywords