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Solvent-enhanced coupling of sterically hindered reagents and aryl chlorides using functionalized ionic liquids

Paul Joseph Dyson, Zhaofu Fei, Ning Yan, Xuemei Yang

A highly efficient and poison-resistant system for the Suzuki coupling reaction based on hydroxyl-functionalized ionic liq. solvents has been established. Coupling of RC6H4X (X = Br, I, Cl) and 2-bromothiophene with R1C6H4B(OH)2 in 2-hydroxyethyl-substitut ...

2009

Ultrathin rhodium nanosheets

Paul Joseph Dyson, Ning Yan, Jun Li

Despite significant advances in the fabrication and applications of graphene-like materials, it remains a challenge to prepare single-layered metallic materials, which have great potential applications in physics, chemistry and material science. Here we re ...

Nature Publishing Group2014

Crystallisation of inorganic salts containing 18-crown-6 from ionic liquids

Paul Joseph Dyson, Rosario Scopelliti, Gabor Laurenczy, Zhaofu Fei, Ning Yan

Reaction of the zwitterionic imidazolium salt [(CH2COOH)(CH2COO)i.m.] with K2CO3 or BaO in the presence of 18-crown-6 affords the salts [(CH2COO)2i.m.][K(18-crown-6)] and [(CH2COO)2i.m.]2[Ba(18-crown-6)]. Recrystn. of these crown complexes from the ionic l ...

Elsevier2010

Defunctionalization of fructose and sucrose: Iron-catalyzed production of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural from fructose and sucrose

Paul Joseph Dyson, Ning Yan

A highly efficient iron-catalyzed production of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) from sugar is reported. The dehydration of fructose and sucrose has been studied in the presence of different iron salts and co-catalysts. As a result, it was found that fructose ...

Elsevier2011

Single-step conversion of lignin monomers to phenol: Bridging the gap between lignin and high-value chemicals

Paul Joseph Dyson, Ning Yan

Transformation of lignin into high-value chemicals is hampered by the complexity of monomers obtained from lignin depolymerization. Here we report a strategy, composed of hydro-demethoxylation and de-alkylation reactions, that is able to chemically converg ...

2018

Development of Palladium Surface-Enriched Heteronuclear Au-Pd Nanoparticle Dehalogenation Catalysts in an Ionic Liquid

Paul Joseph Dyson, Gabor Laurenczy, Ning Yan, Yuan Yuan, Xiao Yuan, Xi Chen

Heteronuclear Au–Pd nanoparticles were prepared and immobilized in the functionalized ionic liquid [C2OHmim][NTf2]. The structural and electronic properties of the nanoparticles were characterized by a range of techniques and the surface of the nanoparticl ...

Wiley-Blackwell2013

Cold pulse and rotation reversals with turbulence spreading and residual stress

Ning Yan

Transport modeling based on inclusion of turbulence spreading and residual stresses shows internal rotation reversals and polarity reversal of cold pulses, with a clear indication of nonlocal transport effects due to fast spreading in the turbulence intens ...

American Institute of Physics (AIP)2016

Influence of the Anion on the Oxidation of 5-Hydroxy-methylfurfural by Using Ionic-Polymer-Supported Platinum Nanoparticle Catalysts

Paul Joseph Dyson, Zhaofu Fei, Ning Yan, Felix Daniel Bobbink, Sviatlana Siankevich

Platinum nanoparticles stabilized by an imidazolium-based cross-linked polymer (with chloride as the counteranion) efficiently catalyzed the oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to form 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid in water under mild conditions with oxygen ...

2018

Biphasic Hydrogenation over PVP Stabilized Rh Nanoparticles in Hydroxyl Functionalized Ionic Liquids

Paul Joseph Dyson, Lioubov Kiwi, Gabor Laurenczy, Zhaofu Fei, Ning Yan, Rocio Micaela Crespo Quesada, Xuemei Yang

Polyvinylpyrrolidone stabilized rhodium nanoparticles are highly sol. in hydroxyl-functionalized ionic liqs., providing an effective and highly stable catalytic system. In hydrogenation reactions, excellent results were obtained, and transmission electron ...

2008

Selective Formic Acid Decomposition for High-Pressure Hydrogen Generation: A Mechanistic Study

Paul Joseph Dyson, Gabor Laurenczy, Ning Yan, Céline Fellay

A homogenous catalytic system has been developed that efficiently and selectively decomposes formic acid into hydrogen and carbon dioxide. [Ru(H2O)6]2+, [Ru(H2O)6]3+ and RuCl3·xH2O are all excellent precatalysts in presence of TPPTS (TPPTS=meta-trisulfonat ...

2009

Hydrodeoxygenation of lignin-derived phenols into alkanes by using nanoparticle catalysts combined with Bronsted acidic ionic liquids

Paul Joseph Dyson, Ning Yan, Yuan Yuan, Ryan Dykeman

The transformation of lignin-derived phenolic compds. to alkanes was achieved using catalysts based on Bronsted acidic ionic liqs. (ILs). The catalytic system is composed of metal nanoparticles (NPs) and a functionalized Bronsted acidic IL immobilized in a ...

2010

Nanometallic chemistry: deciphering nanoparticle catalysis from the perspective of organometallic chemistry and homogeneous catalysis

Paul Joseph Dyson, Ning Yan, Yuan Yuan

Nanoparticle (NP) catalysis is traditionally viewed as a sub-section of heterogeneous catalysis. However, certain properties of NP catalysts, especially NPs dispersed in solvents, indicate that there could be benefits from viewing them from the perspective ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2013

Lignin First: Confirming the Role of the Metal Catalyst in Reductive Fractionation

Paul Joseph Dyson, Gabor Laurenczy, Zhaofu Fei, Ning Yan, Antoine Philippe Van Muyden, Lu Chen, Xinjiang Cui

Rhodium nanoparticles embedded on the interior of hollow porous carbon nanospheres, able to sieve monomers from polymers, were used to confirm the precise role of metal catalysts in the reductive catalytic fractionation of lignin. The study provides clear ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2021

Efficient cleavage of aryl ether C–O linkages by Rh–Ni and Ru–Ni nanoscale catalysts operating in water

Paul Joseph Dyson, Vassily Hatzimanikatis, Duncan Thomas Lindsay Alexander, Ning Yan, Georgios Savoglidis, Antoine Philippe Van Muyden, Sviatlana Siankevich, Safak Bulut

Bimetallic Ru–Ni and Rh–Ni nanocatalysts coated with a phase transfer agent efficiently cleave aryl ether C–O linkages in water in the presence of hydrogen. For dimeric substrates with weaker C–O linkages, i.e. α-O-4 and β-O-4 bonds, low loadings of the pr ...

2018

Highly selective hydrogenation of aromatic chloronitro compounds to aromatic chloroamines with ionic-liquid-like copolymer stabilized platinum nanocatalysts in ionic liquids

Paul Joseph Dyson, Zhaofu Fei, Ning Yan, Xiao Yuan

Platinum nanoparticles (PtNPs stabilized by an ionic-liq.-like-copolymer (IP) immobilized in various ionic liqs. (ILs)) effectively catalyze the selective hydrogenation of arom. chloronitro compds. to arom. chloroamines, a reaction of considerable com. sig ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2010

A novel platinum nanocatalyst for the oxidation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural into 2,5-Furandicarboxylic acid under mild conditions

Paul Joseph Dyson, Gabor Laurenczy, Zhaofu Fei, Duncan Thomas Lindsay Alexander, Ning Yan, Georgios Savoglidis, Sviatlana Siankevich

5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) is a key intermediate obtainable from various cellulosic (biomass) derivatives, but it must be converted to other chemicals such as 2,5-Furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) for direct use. FDCA is an important derivative of HMF as it ...

Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science2014

One-Step Conversion of Cellobiose to C6-Alcohols Using a Ruthenium Nanocluster Catalyst

Paul Joseph Dyson, Cheng Zhao, Ning Yan, Huizhen Liu

The one-step conversion of cellulose to C6-alcs. via green and energy efficient approaches has, as far as we are aware, not been reported. Such a process presents a considerable challenge, the two key problems being (1) finding a suitable solvent that diss ...

2006

Enhanced Conversion of Carbohydrates to the Platform Chemical 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural Using Designer Ionic Liquids

Paul Joseph Dyson, Rosario Scopelliti, Gabor Laurenczy, Zhaofu Fei, Ning Yan, Sviatlana Siankevich

5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) is a key platform chemical that may be obtained from various cellulosic (biomass) derivatives. Previously, it has been shown that ionic liquids (ILs) facilitate the catalytic conversion of glucose into HMF. Herein, we demonstr ...

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2014

Rational design of a molecular nanocatalysts-stabilizer that enhances both catalytic activity and nanoparticle stability

Paul Joseph Dyson, Ning Yan, Yuan Yuan, Ryan Dykeman

Wiley-VCH Verlag2012

In situ time-resolved DXAFS study of Rh nanoparticle formation mechanism in ethylene glycol at elevated temperature

Ning Yan

A combination of in situ time-resolved DXAFS and ICP-MS techniques reveals that the formation process of Rh nanoparticles (NPs) from rhodium trichloride trihydrate (RhCl3 center dot 3H(2)O) in ethylene glycol with polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) at elevated tem ...

2012