Outside Front Cover: Directional Second Sphere Effect on CO 2 Activation and Reduction by Iron Porphyrin in Aprotic and Protic Media
Nature controls reactivity through precisely organized secondary coordination spheres. Inspired by this principle, symmetry remodelling of a urea-functionalized iron porphyrin creates directional hydrogen-bonding interactions that enable unprecedented CO2 reduction in aprotic media and boost catalysis in the presence of a proton source. Optimal catalysis thus arises not only from intermediate stabilization but also from adaptive, directional non-covalent interactions. More in Research Article e1490828, Philipp Gotico, Marie Sircoglou, Zakaria Halime, and co-workers.
Authors
- Marie Sircoglou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6303-5222)
- Ashutosh Vishwakarma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4648-4430)
- Zakaria Halime (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3080-9727)
- Sami Essid
- Régis Guillot (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9003-0670)
- Sarah Bouery
- Bernard Boitrel
- Philipp Gotico
Institutions
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (FR)
- Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes (FR)
- Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule (FR)
- CEA Paris-Saclay (FR)
- Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d'Orsay (FR)
- Université de Rennes (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Angewandte Chemie International Edition
- Published
- 2026-09-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.2026-m1709014400
- Primary Topic
- CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00