The phrase "a versatile catalyst" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing chemistry, innovation, or any situation where something facilitates change or progress in various ways.
Example: "The new enzyme acts as a versatile catalyst, speeding up reactions in multiple biochemical pathways."
Alternatives: "a multifaceted catalyst" or "a flexible catalyst".
A versatile catalyst system for the transalkylation of alkylbenzenes was developed, comprising Pt/ZSM-12 as the top bed catalyst and H-Beta as the bottom bed catalyst.
Although we have previously isolated such a ribozyme that recognizes aromatic amino acids, it could not be used as a versatile catalyst due to its limited ability of aminoacylation to a particular tRNA used for the selection.
Pd is a versatile catalyst in various hydrogen-related catalytic applications; however, it typically exhibits low activity in electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) as too strong Pd-H bonding makes the electronic desorption of H adatoms (Had) hardly occur.
Ruthenium is a versatile catalyst.
When it is finely divided, such as in palladium on carbon, palladium forms a versatile catalyst and speeds up hydrogenation and dehydrogenation reactions, as well as in petroleum cracking.
The past ten years have witnessed tremendous efforts in utilizing BiOCl as a versatile catalysts for photocatalytic applications, including pollutant removal, water splitting, CO2 reduction, N2 fixation and organic transformation.
Particularly, lipase B of Candida antarctica immobilized on polyacrylic resin (Novozyme 435) has proven to be a very versatile catalyst and has successfully been used for the synthesis of polyesters from various substrates [2][3][4].
Titanosilicate beads with hierarchical porosity (TiSil-HPB-60) were prepared from an anion-exchange resin and proved to be a versatile heterogeneous catalyst displaying activity both in the conversion of trioses to ethyl lactate and in the epoxidation of alkenes.
This review summarizes the very recent advances in asymmetric reactions catalyzed by chiral phosphoric acids (CPAs), a family of versatile catalysts that catalyze a broad range of reactions to afford diverse chiral molecules.
Properties that make zeolites versatile catalyst components are: Size and shape of the crystallites are variables in catalyst design and are determined by the synthesis conditions.
Evaluating the full catalytic cycle with one of the most versatile catalyst complexes used experimentally has allowed us to evaluate the most likely catalytic pathway and relate this to general ligand design criteria, as well as providing validation for the computational approach used.
