L. Pastor-Pérez

Solvent- and Ligand-free Diboration of Alkynes and Alkenes Catalyzed by Platinum Nanoparticles on Titania

Platinum nanoparticles supported on titania efficiently catalyzed the diboration of alkynes and alkenes under solvent‐ and ligand‐free conditions in air. The cis‐1,2‐diborylalkenes and 1,2‐diborylalkanes were obtained in moderate to excellent yields following, in most cases, a simple filtration workup protocol. The versatility of the cis‐1,2‐diboronvinyl compounds was demonstrated in a series of organic transformations, including the Suzuki–Miyaura cross coupling and the boron–halogen exchange.

Plasma-assisted synthesis of monodispersed and robust Ruthenium ultrafine nanocatalysts for organosilane oxidation and oxygen evolution reactions

We report a facile and general approach for preparing ultrafine ruthenium nanocatalysts by using a plasma‐assisted synthesis at <100 °C. The resulting Ru nanoparticles are monodispersed (typical size 2 nm) and remain that way upon loading onto carbon and TiO2 supports. This gives robust catalysts with excellent activities in both organosilane oxidation and the oxygen evolution reaction.