Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion’s Post

𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝘄𝗼-𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗠𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗺: Iron-based catalysts are essential in various fields, including medicine, energy, and environmental science. They facilitate reactions that are vital for producing pharmaceuticals, clean fuels, and breaking down pollutants. These catalysts operate by enabling the directed transformation of molecules into desired products, and can do so using energy efficient, environmentally friendly methods. The chemistry that these iron-based catalysts are capable of depends on the oxidation- and spin-state of the iron, and changes to either of these can result in very different reactivity and products. A continuing challenge in catalysis is harnessing these differing states to increase reactivity, or the rate at which the transformation takes place, while maintaining specificity, in order to generate a majority of the desired products. 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲: https://lnkd.in/e5BAv8pb Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Derek Rice, Deniz Wong, Frank Neese, Sarah Ostermann