Understanding the coordination of dinitrogen to iron is important for understanding
biological nitrogen fixation as well as for designing synthetic systems that are capable of …

Since 1999, direct borylation of hydrocarbons catalyzed by a transition metal complex has
been extensively studied by several groups and has become an economical, efficient …

Room-temperature CH borylation using a stoichiometric amount of arenes and bis
(pinacolato) diboron (pin2B2) is efficiently catalyzed by iridium (I) complexes generated from …

The C–H coupling of aromatic heterocycles with bis (pinacolato) diboron was carried out in
octane at 80–100° C in the presence of a 1/2 [IrCl (COD)] 2-(4, 4′-di-tert-butyl-2, 2 …

An iridium (I) complex generated from 1/2 [Ir (OMe)(COD)] 2 and 4, 4′‐di‐tert‐butyl‐2, 2′‐
bipyridine catalyzed the direct borylation of 2‐substituted thiophenes, furans and pyrroles in …

Aromatic C–H borylation of arenes and heteroarenes using stoichiometric amounts of
pinacolborane was catalyzed by an iridium complex generated from ½ [Ir (OMe)(COD)] 2 …

Thiophenes, including benzothiophenes and dibenzothiophenes, undergo a variety of
reactions with transition metal complexes that lead to products in which the thiophene is …

The fields of hydrodesulfurization (HDS) and hydrodenitrogenation (HDN) continue to attract
the attention of researchers in the various disciplines connected to these fascinating …

Nitrogenase is the metalloenzyme that catalyzes the nucleotide-dependent reduction of N2,
as well as reduction of a variety of other triply bonded substrates, including the alkyne …

C–H functionalisation reactions offer a sustainable method for molecular construction and
diversification. These reactions however remain dominated by precious metal catalysis …