The field of organometallic catalysis has attracted considerable interest from both academia
and industry due to its broad applications in synthetic transformations. Pd, Ni, Rh, and Ir …

Alkanes constitute the cheapest and most abundant feedstock for organic chemicals.
However, the redistribution of CsC and CsH bonds in hydrocarbons into more sophisticated …

Cyclometalation refers to the transition metal-mediated activation of a CR bond to form a
metallacycle comprising a new metal-carbon σ bond (Scheme 1). 1, 2 Typically, the reaction …

Two important objectives in organometallic chemistry are to understand C− H bond
activation reactions mediated by transition metal compounds and then to develop efficient …

Transition metal-catalyzed C–N bond formation reactions have gained popularity as a
method for selectively transforming common C–H bonds into N-functionalized molecules …

A pincer-ligated iridium complex,(PCP) Ir (PCP= κ3-C6H3-2, 6-[CH2P (t-Bu) 2] 2), is found to
undergo oxidative addition of C (sp3)–O bonds of methyl esters (CH3–O2CR′), methyl …

Alkynyl aryl ethers react with internal alkynes through selective ortho C–H activation by a
palladium (0) catalyst to give substituted 2-methylidene-2 H-chromenes. The alkynoxy group …

The activation of a single sp3 C H bond of alkanes and their derivatives by electron‐rich
transition metal complexes has been a topic of interest since the landmark work by Bergman …

The direct C–H amidation or imidation of metallaaromatics with N-bromoamides or imides
has been achieved under mild conditions and leads to the formation of a family of N …

Application of hybrid ONIOM, QM/QM and QM/MM theoretical methods to study catalytic
reactions involving molecular, nano-sized and supported transition metal catalysts are …