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An Unexpected Fluctuating Reactivity for Odd and Even Carbon Numbers in the TiO 2 ‐Based Photocatalytic Decarboxylation of C2–C6 Dicarboxylic Acids
Author(s) -
Sun Yiran,
Chang Wei,
Ji Hongwei,
Chen Chuncheng,
Ma Wanhong,
Zhao Jincai
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201304931
Subject(s) - decarboxylation , reactivity (psychology) , photocatalysis , carbon fibers , cover (algebra) , dicarboxylic acid , chemistry , organic chemistry , photochemistry , materials science , catalysis , composite number , composite material , medicine , mechanical engineering , alternative medicine , pathology , engineering
Invited for the cover of this issue is the group of Professor Jincai Zhao at the Institute of Chemistry, CAS. The image shows that dicarboxylic acids with an even number of carbon atoms were degraded more slowly than those with an odd number of carbon atoms. This unusual fluctuation of the reactivity of dicarboxylic acids against the numbers of carbon atoms is very closely related to the different pre‐coordination mode of the acids with the photocatalyst surface sites. Read the full text of the article at 10.1002/chem.201303236 .