Transition metal-catalysed C–H activation has emerged as an increasingly powerful platform
for molecular syntheses, enabling applications to natural product syntheses, late-stage …

Since the definition of the “12 Principles of Green Chemistry” more than 20 years ago,
chemists have become increasingly mindful of the need to conserve natural resources and …

In the past decades, the iridium-catalyzed C–H bond borylation and other newly discovered
catalytic borylation reactions have received extensive research interests and developed into …

C− H activation reactions with high catalyst turnover numbers are still very rare in the
literature and 10 mol% is a common catalyst loading in this field. We offer a representative …

The first general catalytic approach to effecting transfer hydrogenation (TH) of unactivated
alkenes using ethanol as the hydrogen source is described. A new NCP-type pincer iridium …

Convenient silylborane precursors for introducing N, B-bidentate boryl ligands onto
transition metals were designed, prepared, and employed in ready formation of irdium (III) …

Fluorobenzenes, in particular fluorobenzene (FB) and 1, 2-difluorobenzene (1, 2-DiFB), are
increasingly becoming recognised as versatile solvents for conducting organometallic …

Catalytic C–H borylation is an attractive method for the conversion of the most abundant
hydrocarbon, methane (CH4), to a mild nucleophilic building block. However, existing CH4 …

The pincer ligand on embracing the metal in its rigid coordination sphere, creates a
sheltered environment that imparts the catalytic system a set of distinctive benefits. The …

The development of novel catalysts for C–H activation reactions with increased reactivity
and improved selectivities has been attracting significant interest over the last two decades …