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Heterogeneous Catalysis for
Sustainable Organic Chemistry

In our group, we want to make organic chemistry more sustainable. We are particularly interested in using atomically precise solid catalysts (MOFs, COFs, SACs, etc.) in combination with advanced characterization techniques to develop more efficient catalysts and to get further insights on their reactivity. In order to harness the full potential of heterogeneous catalysts in organic reactions, we want to make use of their advantages over conventional homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts:
  • Operational simplicity - Easy filtration of the solid from the reaction.
  • Incompatible active sites in solution can coexist in a solid (e.g. acid-base functionalities).
  • Confinement effect in porous materials can lower the activation energy and provide selectivity.
  • ​Proximity of active sites.
  • Sustainability - easy recovery and reuse of expensive metals.

Relevant Publications

“Intimate ruthenium–platinum nanoalloys supported on carbon catalyze the hydrogenation and one–pot hydrogenation–couplingreaction of oxidized amino derivatives”
M.A. Rivero-Crespo, P. Rubio–Marqués, M. Mon, J. Oliver–Meseguer, A. Leyva–Pérez
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2023, 13, 2508 – 2516. DOI: 10.1039/D2CY01846B.

“Intermolecular Carbonyl–Olefin Metathesis with Vinyl Ethers Catalyzed by Homogeneous and Solid Acids in Flow”
M.A. Rivero–Crespo,+ M. Tejeda-Serrano,+ H. Pérez-Sánchez, J.P. Cerón-Carrasco and A. Leyva-Pérez
 Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59 (10), 3847-3849. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201909597.

“Confined Pt11+-water clusters in a Metal-Organic Framework Catalyze the Low-Temperature Water-Gas Shift Reaction with Waterborne CO2 Oxygen Atoms”
M.A. Rivero-Crespo,+ M. Mon,+ J. Ferrando–Soria, C. W. Lopes, M. Boronat, A. Leyva–Pérez, A. Corma, J.-C. Hernández-Garrido, M. López-Haro, J.-J. Calvino, E. V. Ramos-Fernandez, D. Armentano and E. Pardo.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 17094-17099. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201810251.

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