2021

Chemistry Günther Schlonk Chemistry Günther Schlonk

Novel Magnesium-Based Chlorin for Efficient Catalytic Reduction of CO2

Utilisation of CO2 has historically been done via catalytic conversion into methane or syngas. Such a process involves the use of inorganic and potentially environmental-unfriendly metals while the products are also not biodegradable. Much safer alternatives are proposed in this paper. It is discovered that the introduction of trace Mg2+ into a solution of Chlorin A (Figure 1) results in a catalyst capable of reducing CO2 into various polyalcohols, the latter being energy sources for many organisms.

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Chemistry Günther Schlonk Chemistry Günther Schlonk

Chemical Frenetics: Party Drugs as Organocatalysts

We have tested a range of recreational drugs as organocatalysts in the Fukovski Combobulation. Most of the tested drugs are detrimental to the reaction, but cocaine shows promise as a catalyst, with the appropriate dosage. The mechanistic roles of these molecules are probed with chemical frenetic measurements and Density Dysfunctional Theory (DDT).

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