Catalysis by Pure Graphene—From Supporting Actor to Protagonist through Shape ComplementarityClick to copy article linkArticle link copied!
- Asja A. KroegerAsja A. KroegerSchool of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, AustraliaMore by Asja A. Kroeger
- Amir Karton*Amir Karton*E-mail: [email protected]School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, AustraliaMore by Amir Karton
Abstract

In most catalytic applications, graphene is either functionalized or acts as the catalyst support. DFT calculations show on the example of the racemizations of binaphthyl compounds that pure unmodified graphene can directly catalyze chemical processes through stabilizing noncovalent π–π interactions resulting from shape complementarity between transition structures and catalyst.
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