The use of 3d metals in de/hydrogenation catalysis has emerged as a competitive field with
respect to “traditional” precious metal catalyzed transformations. The introduction of …

This review provides a comprehensive view of the application of first-row transition metals in
asymmetric hydrogenation and asymmetric transfer hydrogenation. The catalytic behavior of …

Hydrogenation is one of the most fundamental transformations in organic synthesis, and its
industrial applications span from fine chemicals to pharmaceuticals synthesis. 1− 3 Direct …

The high efficiency of widely applied Noyori-type hydrogenation catalysts arises from the N–
H moiety coordinated to a metal centre, which stabilizes rate-determining transition states …

Computational chemistry provides a versatile toolbox for studying mechanistic details of
catalytic reactions and holds promise to deliver practical strategies to enable the rational in …

A highly efficient homogeneous catalyst system for the production of CH3OH from CO2
using pentaethylenehexamine and Ru-Macho-BH (1) at 125–165° C in an ethereal solvent …

Conspectus Catalytic asymmetric hydrogenation is one of the most reliable, powerful, and
environmentally benign methods for the synthesis of chiral molecules with high atom …

Noyori-type catalysts have found numerous applications in research and industrial settings.
The central mechanistic component of such catalysts is a metal centre coordinated to a N–H …

The mechanism of the Morita Baylis–Hillman reaction has been heavily studied in the
literature, and a long series of computational studies have defined complete theoretical …

For years, following the ideas of Shvo and Noyori, the core assumption of metal–ligand
bifunctional molecular catalysis has relied on the direct involvement of the chelating ligand …