Transition metal catalysis controlled by hydrogen bonding in the second coordination sphere

JNH Reek, B de Bruin, S Pullen, TJ Mooibroek… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Transition metal catalysis is of utmost importance for the development of sustainable
processes in academia and industry. The activity and selectivity of metal complexes are …

Strategies and mechanisms of metal–ligand cooperativity in first-row transition metal complex catalysts

MR Elsby, RT Baker - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The use of metal–ligand cooperation (MLC) by transition metal bifunctional catalysts has
emerged at the forefront of homogeneous catalysis science. Specially designed ligands can …

[HTML][HTML] The shape of porphyrins

CJ Kingsbury, MO Senge - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Porphyrin molecules are a widely exploited biochemical moiety, with uses in medicinal
chemistry, sensing and materials science. The shape of porphyrins, as an aromatic unit, is …

Nitrene transfer catalysts for enantioselective C–N bond formation

M Ju, JM Schomaker - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Transition-metal-catalysed, non-enzymatic transformations of C–H and C= C bonds
to C–N bonds through nitrene transfer (NT) are powerful synthetic tools to prepare valuable …

Recent developments in enantioselective transition metal catalysis featuring attractive noncovalent interactions between ligand and substrate

A Fanourakis, PJ Docherty, P Chuentragool… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Enantioselective transition metal catalysis is an area very much at the forefront of
contemporary synthetic research. The development of processes that enable the efficient …

Carbene radicals in transition-metal-catalyzed reactions

RFJ Epping, D Vesseur, M Zhou, B de Bruin - ACS catalysis, 2023 - ACS Publications
Discovered as organometallic curiosities in the 1970s, carbene radicals have become a
staple in modern-day homogeneous catalysis. Carbene radicals exhibit nucleophilic radical …

Decarboxylative tandem CN coupling with nitroarenes via SH2 mechanism

S Wang, T Li, C Gu, J Han, CG Zhao, C Zhu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Aromatic tertiary amines are one of the most important classes of organic compounds in
organic chemistry and drug discovery. It is difficult to efficiently construct tertiary amines from …

Nucleophilic carbenes derived from dichloromethane

M Liu, N Le, C Uyeda - Angewandte Chemie, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Nickel PyBox catalysts promote nucleophilic cyclopropanation reactions using CH2Cl2 as a
methylene source and Mn as a stoichiometric reductant. The substrate scope includes a …

Nickel‐Hydride‐Catalyzed Diastereo‐and Enantioselective Hydroalkylation of Cyclopropenes

Q Huang, Y Chen, X Zhou, L Dai, Y Lu - Angewandte Chemie, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cyclopropanes are structural motifs that are widely present in natural products and bioactive
molecules, and they are also tremendously useful building blocks in synthetic organic …

Organocobalt complexes as sources of carbon-centered radicals for organic and polymer chemistries

J Demarteau, A Debuigne, C Detrembleur - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Organocobalt (III) complexes (R-CoIII), defined as cobalt complexes featuring a carbon–
cobalt bond, are largely used to produce carbon-centered radicals by homolytic cleavage of …