The catalytic cycles for the H2-hydrogenation (H) and transfer hydrogenation (T) of C O
and C N bonds catalyzed by over 100 ruthenium hydride complexes in organic and …

Alcohols can be temporarily converted into carbonyl compounds by the metal‐catalysed
removal of hydrogen. The carbonyl compounds are reactive in a wider range of …

In this tutorial review recent mechanistic studies on transition metal-catalyzed hydrogen
transfer reactions are discussed. A common feature of these reactions is that they involve …

Asymmetric hydrogenation of acetophenone with trans-RuH (η1-BH4)[(S)-tolbinap][(S, S)-
dpen](TolBINAP= 2, 2 '-bis (di-4-tolylphosphino)-1, 1 '-binaphthyl; DPEN= 1, 2 …

Catalytic asymmetric synthesis is an important and expansive area in organic chemistry. 1
Catalytic enantioselective organic reactions can be achieved by either chemocatalysis or …

Allylic alcohols represent an important and highly versatile class of chiral building blocks for
organic synthesis. This Review summarizes the plethora of methods developed for the …

Iridium-based asymmetric reduction of ketones to chiral enantiomerically enriched alcohols
has recently attracted attention by a number of research groups and interest in this area is …

The complexes trans-RuH (Cl)(tmen)(R-binap)(1) and (OC-6− 43)-RuH (Cl)(tmen)(PPh3) 2
(2) are prepared by the reaction of the diamine NH2CMe2CMe2NH2 (tmen) with RuH …

For the first time an easily accessible and well‐defined manganese N, N, N‐pincer complex
catalyzes the transfer hydrogenation of a broad range of ketones with good to excellent …

Catalytic hydrogen transfer reactions involving transfer hydrogenation of ketones, imines as
well as Oppenauer-type oxidation of alcohols occur via active transition metal hydride …