The emerging field of organometallic catalysis has shifted towards research on Earth-
abundant transition metals due to their ready availability, economic advantage, and novel …

The development of novel and efficient earth-abundant metal catalysts as inexpensive and
sustainable alternatives to noble-metal catalysts is a rapidly expanding and evolving field of …

The development of catalysts for environmentally benign organic transformations is a very
active area of research. Most of the catalysts reported so far are based on transition-metal …

Catalytic hydrogen transfer reactions have enormous academic and industrial applications
for the production of diverse molecular scaffolds. Over the past few decades, precious late …

Homogeneously catalyzed reactions often make use of additives and promotors that affect
reactivity patterns and improve catalytic performance. While the role of reaction promotors is …

Conspectus The activation of weakly polarized bonds represents a challenging, yet highly
valuable process. In this context, precious metal catalysts have been used as reliable …

Selective semihydrogenation of alkynes with the Mn (I) alkyl catalyst fac-[Mn (dippe)(CO) 3
(CH2CH2CH3)](dippe= 1, 2-bis (di-iso-propylphosphino) ethane) as a precatalyst is …

The first base metal-catalyzed transfer hydrogenation of alkynes with methanol is described.
An air and moisture stable manganese pincer complex catalyzes the reduction of a variety of …

The selective synthesis of Z-alkenes in alkyne semihydrogenation relies on the reactivity
difference of the catalysts toward the starting materials and the products. Here we report Z …

Recent developments in manganese-catalyzed reducing transformations—hydrosilylation,
hydroboration, hydrogenation, and transfer hydrogenation—are reviewed herein. Over the …