{"id":438412,"date":"2023-03-01T11:01:53","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T10:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationorigins.com\/?post_type=selected&p=438412"},"modified":"2023-03-01T11:01:53","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T10:01:53","slug":"padeborn-university-lewis-superacids","status":"publish","type":"selected","link":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/selected\/padeborn-university-lewis-superacids\/","title":{"rendered":"New superacid converts harmful compounds into sustainable chemicals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Researchers at Padeborn University have succeeded in producing very special catalysts, known as \u201cLewis superacids\u201d, which can be used to break chemical solid bonds and speed up reactions. In a press release, the German institution explained that the production of these substances has, until now, proven extremely difficult. The chemists\u2019 discovery enables non-biodegradable fluorinated hydrocarbons, similar to Teflon, and possibly even climate-damaging greenhouse gases, such as sulfur hexafluoride, to be converted back into sustainable chemicals. The researchers have now published their results<\/a> in the magazine \u201cAngewandte Chemie\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Lewis acids<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLewis acids\u201d are compounds that add electron pairs. Because of this ability, they are often used to speed up chemical reactions. Lewis superacids are stronger than antimony pentafluoride \u2013 the strongest Lewis acid \u2013 and can break even the toughest bonds. Professor Jan Paradies from the Department of Chemistry at Paderborn University explains: \u201cFor strong bonds, you need highly reactive reagents, i.e. substances that are extremely reactive.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new catalyst can split, for example, carbon-fluorine or sulfur-fluorine bonds, which are particularly robust. \u201cIntrinsically, these Lewis superacids are incredibly reactive, which makes them difficult to produce and use. Using a trick, we produced such molecules and used them in catalytic reactions. This makes it possible to, for example, activate and further convert virtually inert, i.e. less reactive, carbon-fluorine or sulphur-fluorine bonds,\u201d says Paradies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2583,"featured_media":513362,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":""},"categories":[76370,42],"tags":[129703,27331,75591,50495,129705,129707,4261,129710,6278],"location":[24456],"internal_archives":[],"class_list":["post-438412","selected","type-selected","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science","category-sustainability-nl","tag-chemie-2","tag-chemistry","tag-duurzaam-2","tag-grondstoffen","tag-lewis-acids","tag-pdeborn-university","tag-research","tag-superacid","tag-sustainability","location-germany"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"featured_img":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/wine-g15527fbe9_1920.jpg","coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/author\/francesco-morelli\/","display_name":"Francesco Morelli"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 3 years ago","modified":"Updated 3 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on March 1, 2023","modified":"Updated on March 1, 2023"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on March 1, 2023 11:01 am","modified":"Updated on March 1, 2023 11:01 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","tax_additional":{"category":{"linked":["Science<\/a>","Sustainability<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Science<\/span>","Sustainability<\/span>"],"slug":"category","name":"Categories"},"post_tag":{"linked":["chemie<\/a>","chemistry<\/a>","duurzaam<\/a>","grondstoffen<\/a>","Lewis acids<\/a>","Pdeborn University<\/a>","research<\/a>","Superacid<\/a>","Sustainability<\/a>"],"unlinked":["chemie<\/span>","chemistry<\/span>","duurzaam<\/span>","grondstoffen<\/span>","Lewis acids<\/span>","Pdeborn University<\/span>","research<\/span>","Superacid<\/span>","Sustainability<\/span>"],"slug":"post_tag","name":"Tags"},"language":{"linked":["EN<\/a>"],"unlinked":["EN<\/span>"],"slug":"language","name":"Tags"},"post_translations":{"linked":["pll_63ff244cb7896<\/a>"],"unlinked":["pll_63ff244cb7896<\/span>"],"slug":"post_translations","name":""},"location":{"linked":["Germany<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Germany<\/span>"],"slug":"location","name":"Locations"},"internal_archives":{"linked":[],"unlinked":[],"slug":"internal_archives","name":"Internal Archives"}},"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/selected\/438412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/selected"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/selected"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2583"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/513362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438412"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=438412"},{"taxonomy":"internal_archives","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal_archives?post=438412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}