Activation of terminal alkynes by frustrated Lewis pairs

C Jiang, O Blacque, H Berke - Organometallics, 2010 - ACS Publications
The reactions of frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) derived from B (C6F5) 3 and the bulky Lewis
bases 2, 2, 6, 6-tetramethylpiperidine (TMP), tri-tert-butylphosphine, and lutidine (Lut) with …

Complex formation of N-donor ligands with group 11 monovalent ions

P Di Bernardo, A Melchior, R Portanova… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2008 - Elsevier
Thermodynamic data on complex formation between nitrogen donor ligands (amines,
pyridines) and group 11 monovalent ions in water and non-aqueous media are reviewed …

Theoretical Study on Acidities of (S)-Proline Amide Derivatives in DMSO and Its Implications for Organocatalysis

XY Huang, HJ Wang, J Shi - The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2010 - ACS Publications
The acidities (p K a values) of proline amide derivatives are of great importance for
understanding the catalytic activity of proline-based organocatalysts. The development of …

Ruthenium catalyzed dehydrogenation of alcohols and mechanistic study

MK Awasthi, SK Singh - Inorganic Chemistry, 2019 - ACS Publications
We synthesized pyridylamine ligated arene-Ru (II) complexes and employed these
complexes for the catalytic acceptorless dehydrogenation of primary alcohols to carboxylic …

Mechanism of SmI2/Amine/H2O-Promoted Chemoselective Reductions of Carboxylic Acid Derivatives (Esters, Acids, and Amides) to Alcohols

M Szostak, M Spain, AJ Eberhart… - The Journal of organic …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Samarium (II) iodide–water–amine reagents have emerged as some of the most powerful
reagents (E°=− 2.8 V) for the reduction of unactivated carboxylic acid derivatives to primary …

First-principle predictions of basicity of organic amines and phosphines in acetonitrile

JN Li, Y Fu, L Liu, QX Guo - Tetrahedron, 2006 - Elsevier
Amines and phosphines are widely utilized as bases and basic organocatalysts in organic
chemistry. Thus it is highly valuable to develop a coherent theoretical method that can …

A Highly Effective Ruthenium System for the Catalyzed Dehydrogenative Cyclization of Amine–Boranes to Cyclic Boranes under Mild Conditions

CJ Wallis, G Alcaraz, AS Petit… - … A European Journal, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We recently disclosed a new ruthenium‐catalyzed dehydrogenative cyclization process
(CDC) of diamine–monoboranes leading to cyclic diaminoboranes. In the present study, the …

Hydrogen-bond accepting properties of new heteroaromatic ring chemical motifs: a theoretical study

J Graton, JY Le Questel, P Maxwell… - Journal of chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The prediction of hydrogen-bond (H-bond) acceptor ability is crucial in drug design. This
important property is quantified in a large p K BHX database of consistently measured …

Interpretation of experimental hydrogen-bond enthalpies and entropies from COSMO polarisation charge densities

A Klamt, J Reinisch, F Eckert, J Graton… - Physical Chemistry …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
In this work, experimental hydrogen-bond (HB) enthalpies measured in previous works for a
wide range of acceptor molecules in dilute mixtures of 4-fluorophenol in non-polar solvents …

Mechanistic Study of the SmI2/H2O/Amine-Mediated Reduction of Alkyl Halides:  Amine Base Strength (pKBH+) Dependent Rate

A Dahlén, G Hilmersson - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2005 - ACS Publications
The kinetics of the SmI2/H2O/amine-mediated reduction of 1-chlorodecane has been
studied in detail. The rate of reaction is first order in amine and 1-chlorodecane, second …