Publications

Authors: Roberto Sánchez-Naya, Juan Pablo Cavalieri, Jorge Albalad, Alba Cortés-Martínez, Kaiyu Wang, Carles Fuertes-Espinosa, Teodor Parella, Sara Fiori, Esteve Ribas, Aitor Mugarza, Xavi Ribas, Jordi Faraudo, Omar M. Yaghi, Inhar Imaz, Daniel Maspoch

Science, 2025, 388, 6753, 1318-1323

DOI: 10.1126/science.adw4126

Keywords: Nanomaterials, Oxidation, Supramolecular chemistry

A Transient, Highly Reactive Fe(IV)═O Species Revealed Through the Interference by O2 in the Activation of Organic Peracids by [(N4Py)Fe(II)]2+

Authors: Marika Di Berto Mancini, C. Maurits de Roo, Andy S. Sardjan, Ronald Hage, Giorgio Olivo, Osvaldo Lanzalunga, Marcel Swart, Wesley R. Browne

ACS Catalysis, 2025, 15, 9, 7482-7495

DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5c00706

Keywords: Homogeneous catalysis, Joint Exp-Comp, Oxidation, Reaction mechanisms

Generation of [(N4Py)Fe(IV)═O]2+ through Heterolytic O–O Bond Cleavage in [(N4Py)Fe(II)(OOH)]+

Authors: Juan Chen, Andy S. Sardjan, C. Maurits de Roo, Marika Di Berto Mancini, Apparao Draksharapu, Davide Angelone, Ronald Hage, Marcel Swart, Wesley R. Browne

Inorganic Chemistry, 2025, 64, 19, 9408-9417

DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c05172

Keywords: Homogeneous catalysis, Joint Exp-Comp, Oxidation, Reaction mechanisms, Spectroscopy

Alkane recognition enhanced by solvophobic interactions enables site-selective aliphatic C–H oxidation

Authors: Marco Galeotti, Laia Vicens, Miquel Costas

Chem, 2025, 11, 4, 102539

DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2025.102539

Keywords: Homogeneous catalysis, Non-covalent interactions, Oxidation, Reaction mechanisms, Supramolecular chemistry

Unveiling the Catalytic Activity of Nickel(II) Complexes of Pentadentate Ligands in Aromatic Oxidations

Authors: Anjana Rajeev, Sethuraman Muthuramalingam, Visvesvarar Pitchai Murugan, Miquel Costas, Prabha Vadivelu, Muniyandi Sankaralingam

ChemCatChem, 2025, 17, 6

DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202401645

Keywords: Homogeneous catalysis, Oxidation, Reaction mechanisms, Sustainable catalysis

Understanding Catalytic Enantioselective C–H Bond Oxidation at Nonactivated Methylenes Through Predictive Statistical Modeling Analysis

Authors: Arnau Call, Andrea Palone, Jordan P. Liles, Natalie P. Romer, Jacquelyne A. Read, Josep M. Luis, Matthew S. Sigman, Massimo Bietti, Miquel Costas

ACS Catalysis, 2025, 15, 3, 2110-2123

DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.4c05659

Keywords: Homogeneous catalysis, Oxidation, Predictive Chemistry, Reaction mechanisms, Regioselectivite functionalization

Million-Fold Activation of C–H Bonds by Fluorinated Nonheme FeIV═O Complexes via Second Sphere Equatorial Substitution and Catalytic Epoxidation to Boot

Authors: Bittu Chandra, Chupeng Li, Mursaleem Ansari, Jin Xiong, Alex Lovstedt, Yisong Guo, Marcel Swart, Lawrence Que

ACS Catalysis, 2025, 15, 20, 17361-17372

DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5c04331

Keywords: Joint Exp-Comp, Oxidation, Reaction mechanisms, Spectroscopy, Spin states

10-Fold Increase in Hydrogen Atom Transfer Reactivity for a Series of S = 1 FeIV═O Complexes Over the S = 2 [(TQA)FeIV═O]2+ Complex via Entropic Lowering of Reaction Barriers by Secondary Sphere Cycloalkyl Substitution

Authors: Abhishek Das, Nabhendu Pal, Jin Xiong, Victor G. Young, Yisong Guo, Marcel Swart, Lawrence Que

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2025, 147, 1, 292-304

DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c10120

Keywords: High-valent metal complexes, Joint Exp-Comp, Oxidation, Reaction mechanisms, Spectroscopy

Ligand driven heterolytic O–O bond cleavage in a non-haem phenolato-Fe(iii)–OOH complex to yield a formal Fe(v)O intermediate

Authors: Daniël R. Duijnstee, Marika Di Berto Mancini, C. Maurits de Roo, Duenpen Unjaroen, Moniek Tromp, Ronald Hage, Wesley R. Browne, Marcel Swart

Dalton Transactions, 2025, 54, 38, 14566-14577

DOI: 10.1039/d5dt01477h

Keywords: Joint Exp-Comp, Oxidation, Reaction mechanisms, Spectroscopy, Spin states

Oxidation-induced double aromaticity in periodo-polycyclic hydrocarbons

Authors: Slađana Đorđević, Jordi Poater, Miquel Solà, Slavko Radenković

Chemical Science, 2025, 16, 22, 9920-9933

DOI: 10.1039/d4sc08696a

Keywords: Aromaticity, Chemical bonding, Oxidation

2024

Intramolecular C–H Oxidation in Iron(V)-oxo-carboxylato Species Relevant in the γ-Lactonization of Alkyl Carboxylic Acids

Authors: Andrea Álvarez-Núñez, Rudraditya Sarkar, Valeria Dantignana, Jin Xiong, Yisong Guo, Josep M. Luis, Miquel Costas, Anna Company

ACS Catalysis, 2024, 14, 18, 14183-14194

DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.4c01258

Keywords: High-valent metal complexes, Homogeneous catalysis, Oxidation, Reaction mechanisms, Regioselectivite functionalization

Light-Induced Reactivity Switch at O2–Activating Bioinspired Copper(I) Complexes

Authors: Donglin Diao, Anna Baidiuk, Leo Chaussy, Iago De Assis Modenez, Xavi Ribas, Marius Réglier, Vlad Martin-Diaconescu, Paola Nava, A. Jalila Simaan, Alexandre Martinez, Cédric Colomban

JACS Au, 2024, 4, 5, 1966-1974

DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.4c00184

Keywords: High-valent metal complexes, Homogeneous catalysis, Oxidation, Reaction mechanisms, Supramolecular chemistry

Proximity Effects on the Reactivity of a Nonheme Iron (IV) Oxo Complex in C−H Oxidation

Authors: Alessandro Fagnano, Federico Frateloreto, Roberta Paoloni, Carla Sappino, Osvaldo Lanzalunga, Miquel Costas, Stefano Di Stefano, Giorgio Olivo

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024, 63, 21

DOI: 10.1002/anie.202401694

Keywords: High-valent metal complexes, Homogeneous catalysis, Oxidation, Regioselectivite functionalization, Supramolecular chemistry