In industries and academic laboratories, several late transition metal-catalyzed prerequisite
reactions are widely performed during single and multistep synthesis. However, besides the …

The use of metal–ligand cooperation (MLC) by transition metal bifunctional catalysts has
emerged at the forefront of homogeneous catalysis science. Specially designed ligands can …

Nitrogen fixation, the six-electron/six-proton reduction of N2, to give NH3, is one of the most
challenging and important chemical transformations. Notwithstanding the barriers …

The last two decades have seen an impressive improvement of the use of iron as a
fascinating and valuable alternative transition metal in homogeneous catalysis in terms of …

Hydrometallation of alkenes and alkynes provides a straightforward route to access alkyl‐or
alkenyl‐metal reagents, which have a wide range of applications in organic transformations …

Metal–ligand cooperation (MLC) has become an important concept in catalysis by transition
metal complexes both in synthetic and biological systems. MLC implies that both the metal …

The present review “Iron Catalysis in Organic Synthesis” covers the literature until the end of
June 2014 and represents a comprehensive update of a previous article published by Bolm …

Nitrogen is an essential element contained in many biomolecules necessary to sustain life.
1, 2 This element is abundantly available in Earth's atmosphere in the form of dinitrogen …

Transition metal hydrides play a critical role in stoichiometric and catalytic transformations.
Knowledge of free energies for cleaving metal hydride bonds enables the prediction of …

N2 is fixed as NH3 industrially by the Haber–Bosch process under harsh conditions,
whereas biological nitrogen fixation is achieved under ambient conditions, which has …