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Cu-Catalyzed Funneling Oxidation Enables C–C Bond Cleavage in Lignin-derived Compounds

Authors

Hao Zhang, Xinquan Li, Daria Andryushkina, Haowen Tian, Anthony J Chavez, Rudan Feng, Peter C Ford, Mahdi M Abu-Omar

Journal

Journal of the American Chemical Society

 

Reported are the syntheses, characterizations, and reactivities of the dinuclear nickel(ii) complexes [Ni2(κ2-OOCR)3PNNPiPr]+ (R = Me or tBu, PNNPiPr = 2,7-bis-(di-iso-propylphosphino-methyl)-1,8-naphthyridine), isolated as the BF4− salts.

Ligand non-innocence enables HAT at dinuclear nickel complexes 

Authors

Anthony J Chavez, Daria Andryushkina, Hao Zhang, Angie Wu, Xinquan Li, Guang Wu, Peter C Ford, Nadia G Léonard, Mahdi M Abu-Omar

Journal 

Dalton Transactions

Polyurethane foam acidolysis with carboxylic acids: acid structure dictates N-containing product distribution and kinetics

Authors

Madeleine Davis, Kelsey Richardson, Zach Westman, Alan L. Stottlemyer, Christopher Letko, Nasim Hooshyar, Vojtech Vlcek, Phillip Christopher, and Mahdi M. Abu-Omar

Journal

Chemical Science

Anionic Surfactants from Reactive Separation of Hydrocarbons Derived from Polyethylene Upcycling

Authors

Yu-Hsuan Lee, Alexandra Heuston, Enze Jin, Jiakai Sun, Xichen Liang, Yangying Zhu, Matthew E. Helgeson, Eric Masanet, Susannah L. Scott, and Mahdi M. Abu-Omar

Journal

Langmuir