Transition metals-catalyzed amination of biomass feedstocks for sustainable construction of N-heterocycles

Q Yan, X Wu, H Jiang, H Wang, F Xu, H Li… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
Transition metals, which are of diversity in their bonding orbitals, have a variety of significant
oxidation states and more complex chemical properties compared to the main group metals …

Diverse Functionality of Molecular Germanium: Emerging Opportunities as Catalysts

N Mukherjee, M Majumdar - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Fundamental research on germanium as the central element in compounds for bond
activation chemistry and catalysis has achieved significant feats over the last two decades …

Rare-earth metal-catalyzed asymmetric addition/hydroamidination of nitriles and allylamines for the concise synthesis of chiral imidazolines

C Zhu, Y Zhou, J Zhang, J Li, Y Zhang, F Wang… - CCS …, 2025 - chinesechemsoc.org
Chiral 2-substituted imidazolines are not only privileged scaffolds in many bioactive
compounds, but they are also widely used as ligands and catalysts in asymmetric synthesis …

Hybrid DFT Geometries and Properties for 17k Lanthanoid Complexes─ The LnQM Data Set

C Hölzer, I Gordiy, S Grimme… - Journal of Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The unique properties of lanthanoids and their diverse applications make them an
indispensable part of modern research and industry. While the field has garnered attention …

Yttrium‐Catalyzed Intermolecular Anti‐Markovnikov Hydroamination and Sequential Intermolecular Hydroamination/Endocyclization of Vinylsilanes

LH Polak, JB Soltys, KC Hultzsch - Advanced Synthesis & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The intermolecular anti‐Markovnikov hydroamination of vinylsilanes was achieved utilizing
five silyl‐substituted ortho‐terphenoxide yttrium complexes. The highest activity was …

Anti‐Markovnikov Hydroamination and Hydroalkoxylation of Allylic Alcohols Promoted by a Simple Rare‐Earth Metal Trialkyl Complex

X Zhu, J Sun, Z Wu, D Guo, S Zhou… - Advanced Synthesis & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
An exclusive anti‐Markovnikov hydroamination as well as hydroalkoxylation of allylic
alcohols catalyzed by a simple catalyst Y (CH2SiMe3) 3 (THF) 2 has been developed …

The Tishchenko reaction mediated by organo-f-complexes: the myths and obstacles

AL Shinde, MS Eisen, T Ghatak - RSC advances, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
For over a century, the Tishchenko reaction has been a valuable technique for synthesizing
esters from aldehydes, serving a variety of applications in different domains. Beyond the …

Stabilization of reactive rare earth alkyl complexes through mechanistic studies

E Tanuhadi, AS Bair, M Johnson, P Fontaine… - Chemical …, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
Rare earth tris (alkyl) complexes such as M (CH2SiMe3) 3 (sol) n are widely used as
precursors for many compounds and as homogeneous catalysts for alkene polymerization …

Iridium-catalyzed asymmetric addition of imides to alkenes

K Yamakawa, K Sakamoto, T Nishimura - Chemical Communications, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Enantioselective addition of an imide N–H bond to alkenes was realized by use of a cationic
iridium catalyst. Bulky diphosphine ligands such as DTBM-segphos, DTBM-MeO-biphep …

Photoinduced Intermolecular Hydroamination and Hydroetherification of Electron‐Rich Alkenes With Low Catalyst Loadings

YQ Jiang, P Qu, YH Wang, GQ Liu - ChemSusChem, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A photochemical method based on visible‐light irradiation (blue LEDs/sunlight) has been
developed for the intermolecular hydroamination and hydroetherification of electron‐rich …