The availability of glycerol is rapidly increasing due to the expanding biodiesel industry,
which produces this polyol as the main waste material. Several value-added chemicals have …

Rh–N-heterocyclic carbene compounds [Rh (μ-Cl)(IPr)(η2-olefin)] 2 and RhCl (IPr)(py)(η2-
olefin)(IPr= 1, 3-bis (2, 6-diisopropylphenyl) imidazol-2-carbene, py= pyridine, olefin …

New mono-and bidentate 1, 2, 3-triazol-5-ylidene mesoionic carbene (MIC) ligands have
been synthesized and reacted with silver oxide, forming cationic 1: 2 and 2: 2 Ag: MIC …

Metal–organic cooperative catalysis (MOCC) has been successfully applied for
hydroacylation of olefins with aldehydes via directed C (sp2)–H functionalization. Most …

The complex [Rh (μ-Cl)(I Pr)(η2-coe)] 2 {I Pr= 1, 3-bis (2, 6-diisopropylphenyl) imidazol-2-
carbene, coe= cis-cyclooctene} efficiently catalyzes the coupling of alkynes and N …

The new Rh–hydroxo dinuclear complexes stabilized by an N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)
ligand of type [Rh (μ-OH)(NHC)(η2-olefin)] 2 (coe, IPr (3), IMes (4); ethylene, IPr (5)) are …

The contraction of benzene is one of an exclusive group of reactions where the cleavage of
aromatic structure is of fundamental importance. Rhodium (III) m‐benziporphyrin undergoes …

Dimeric rhodium N-heterocyclic carbene complexes are demonstrated to be effective
catalyst precursors for directed C–H borylation reactions at room temperature. The reactions …

A series of neutral and cationic RhIII‐hydride and RhIII‐ethyl complexes bearing a NHC
ligand has been synthesized and evaluated as catalyst precursors for H/D exchange of …

The reaction of the N-heterocyclic carbene 1, 3-di-tert-butyl-4, 5-dimethylimidazolin-2-
ylidene (1b) with trimethylsilyl iodide, triflate and triflimidate [Me3SiX, X= I, CF3SO3 …