The value of catalytic dehydrogenation of aliphatics (CDA) in organic synthesis has
remained largely underexplored. Known homogeneous CDA systems often require the use …

Long-chain alkanes are abundant feedstocks supplied by natural resources and chemical
industry. Specially, normal long-chain alkanes are primary products from Fischer—Tropsch …

Well-defined organometallics supported on high surface area oxides are promising
heterogeneous catalysts. An important design factor in these materials is how the metal …

Dehydrogenation chemistry has long been established as a fundamental aspect of organic
synthesis, commonly encountered in carbonyl compounds. Transition metal catalysis …

Catalytic C− N bond formation by direct activation of C− H bonds offers wide synthetic
potential. En route to C− H amination, complexes with organic azides are critical precursors …

Here, we report the NMR spectroscopic analysis of the group 8 transition metal methane σ-
complexes [η5-CpM (CO) 2 (CH4)][Al (OC (CF3) 3) 4](M= Fe, Ru) at− 90° C in the weakly …

The selective functionalization of alkanes and alkyl groups is a major goal of chemical
catalysis. Toward this end, a bulky triphosphine with a central secondary phosphino group …

In 2007 two of us defined the σ‐Complex Assisted Metathesis mechanism (Perutz and Sabo‐
Etienne, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 2578–2592), that is, the σ‐CAM concept. This new …

The kinetic isotope effect (KIE) is key to understanding reaction mechanisms in many areas
of chemistry and chemical biology, including organometallic chemistry. This ratio of rate …

X-ray crystallography is an invaluable tool in design and development of organometallic
catalysis, but application typically requires species to display sufficiently high solution …