Against All Odds, Uranium and Thorium Iminato Complexes Enable the Cleavage of C═ O Bonds in Isocyanates

K Makarov, I Ritacco, N Fridman, L Caporaso… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The catalytic activity of actinide-based catalysts is presented herein for the hydroboration
and deoxygenation of isocyanates with pinacolborane (HBpin). A modified class of ligand …

Catalytic regeneration of metal-hydrides from their corresponding metal-alkoxides via the hydroboration of carbonates to obtain methanol and diols

H Deka, I Ritacco, N Fridman, L Caporaso… - Chemical Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Thorium complexes decorated with 5-, 6-, and 7-membered N-heterocyclic iminato ligands
containing mesityl wingtip substitutions have been synthesized and fully characterized …

Ethanol as hydrogen donor: An efficient transfer hydrogenation of aldehydes, ketones, and nitroarenes with H-bonded Ru (II)-N-heterocyclic iminium complex

S Revathi, T Ghatak - Journal of Catalysis, 2024 - Elsevier
Isopropanol and formic acid are predominantly utilized as hydrogen sources in catalytic
transfer hydrogenation reactions. However, the utilization of primary alcohols in such …

Temperature Dependence of the Ring Opening of Cyclopropene Imines on Thorium Metallocenes

H Deka, N Fridman, MS Eisen - Inorganic Chemistry, 2024 - ACS Publications
The reactions of two highly strained cyclopropenimine ligands L1H and L2H (L1H= N 1, N 1,
N 2, N 2-tetraisopropyl-3-iminocycloprop-1-ene-1, 2-diamine, L2H= N 1, N 1, N 2, N 2 …

N‐Heterocyclic Imine‐Supported Bimetallic Cu (II) Catalyst for Azide‐Alkyne Cycloaddition: Solvent‐free, Reductant‐free, ppm‐level Catalysis to Access 1, 4 …

S Revathi, T Ghatak - Chemistry–An Asian Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In this article, we present a unique bimetallic paddle wheel copper (II) complex with the
molecular formula [Cu2C42H54N6O8]. Several characterization tools have been employed …

ZnEt2 as a Precatalyst for the Addition of Alcohols to Carbodiimides

A Ramos, F Carrillo-Hermosilla… - …, 2022 - ACS Publications
We report here the use of commercially available ZnEt2 as an efficient precatalyst for the
addition of alcohols to carbodiimides to obtain a wide range of isoureas under mild …

A Sacrificial Iminato Ligand in the Catalytic Cyanosilylation of Ketones Promoted by Organoactinide Complexes

H Deka, N Fridman, MS Eisen - Inorganic Chemistry, 2022 - ACS Publications
Four new complexes containing the bis (pentamethylcyclopentadienyl) thorium (IV) moiety,
Cp* 2Th (L1)(Me)(Th2), Cp* 2Th (L2)(Me)(Th3), Cp* 2Th (L1) Cl (Th5), and Cp* 2Th (L2) Cl …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesis and Photocatalytic sp3 CH Bond Functionalization of Salen-Ligand-Supported Uranyl(VI) Complexes

J He, X Gong, Y Li, Q Zhao, C Zhu - Molecules, 2024 - mdpi.com
Recent years have seen increasing interest in uranyl (VI) photocatalysis. In this study, uranyl
complexes were successfully synthesized from ligands L1–L6 and UO2 (NO3) 2· 6H2O …

MgnBu2 Catalyzed the Hydroalkoxylation of Carbodiimides

L Han, B Yan, C Ni, Z Pang, X Ma, Z Yang - ChemistrySelect, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The commercially available alkaline earth‐metal compound MgnBu2 can act as a highly
efficient pre‐catalyst under mild conditions for the catalytic addition of alcohols to …

Ethanol as Hydrogen Donor: An Efficient Transfer Hydrogenation of Aldehydes, Ketones, and Nitroarenes with H-Bonded Ru (Ii)-N-Heterocyclic Iminium Complex

T GHATAK, S Revathi - Ketones, and Nitroarenes with H-Bonded Ru (Ii)-N … - papers.ssrn.com
Isopropanol and formic acid are predominantly utilized as hydrogen sources in catalytic
transfer hydrogenation reactions. However, the utilization of primary alcohols in such …