Zexing Cao

TL;DR: Both theoretical and experimental studies suggest that lead(II) in combination with water catalyses a series of cascading steps for lactic acid formation, including the isomerization of glucose formed via the hydrolysis of cellulose into fructose, the selective cleavage of the C3-C4 bond of fructose to trioses and the selective conversion of trioses into lactic Acid.

TL;DR: The facile synthesis of osmapentalyne derivatives that are thermally viable, despite containing the smallest angles observed so far at a carbyne carbon, and the concept of aromaticity is extended to five-membered rings containing a metal-carbon triple bond.

TL;DR: In this paper, the interactions of ammonia with graphene oxides (GO) were studied by density functional theory calculations and it was shown that the adsorption of NH3 on GO is generally stronger than that on graphene because of the presence of diverse active defect sites, such as the hydroxyl and epoxy functional groups and their neighboring carbon atoms.

TL;DR: It is found that the existence of this conserved K(+) ion would enhance the substrate binding, increase the basicity of His143, strengthen the catalytic role of zinc ion, and improve the transition state stabilization by the enzyme environment.

TL;DR: It is reported that the combination of Al(III) and Sn(II) cations can efficiently catalyse the conversion of cellulose and related carbohydrates into lactic acid in water, providing outstanding catalytic performances for lactic Acid production from cellulose or the related carbohydrates.