Organic halides are important building blocks in synthesis, but their use in (photo) redox
chemistry is limited by their low reduction potentials. Halogen-atom transfer remains the …

Chalcones are a class of naturally occurring flavonoid compounds associated to a variety of
biological and pharmacological properties. Several reviews have been published describing …

Asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of various simple aromatic ketones by the Ru-TsDPEN
catalyst was shown to be feasible in aqueous HCOONa without calling for any catalyst …

A series of new iridium (I) triazole-based NHC complexes [(cod) Ir (NHC) L] BF4 (L= PPh3,
pyridine) were prepared and showed good activity for transfer hydrogenation on CO, CN …

The transfer semihydrogenation of alkynes to (Z)-alkenes shows excellent chemo-and
stereoselectivity when using a zerovalent palladium (NHC)(maleic anhydride)-complex as …

Cationic and macroporous amberlite resins with formate (HCOO−) as the counter anion
(ARF) have been used to prepare a new class of heterogeneous Pd/Cu bimetallic composite …

A series of imidazolium and triazolium chelate ligand precursors are metalated with [Ir (coe)
2Cl] 2 (coe= cyclooctene) or [Ir (cod) Cl] 2 (cod= 1, 5-cyclooctadiene) to give iridium (III) N …

Aromatic amines were conveniently, rapidly and, importantly, environmentally benignly
prepared in excellent yields through chemoselective reduction of the corresponding …

A reductive filter paper for selective nitro reduction has been prepared by modification of a
pristine cellulose filter paper by Pd/C nanoparticles, as a portable catalyst. The reaction was …

A simple homogeneous catalyst system based on commercially available [IrCp* Cl2] 2 has
been developed for the conjugate reduction of α, β-unsaturated ketones. Under the …