Deactivation leads to loss of catalyst activity or selectivity with increasing reaction time, but
has attracted less academic attention in homogeneous catalysis than is justified by its …

Secondary phosphine oxides present tautomeric equilibrium between the pentavalent oxide
form (SPO) and the trivalent phosphinous acid (PA). This dichotomy is the origin of the rich …

Nitrile hydration provides access to amides that are important structural elements in organic
chemistry. Here we report catalytic nitrile hydration using ruthenium catalysts based on a …

Metal complexes of secondary phosphine oxides (SPOs) were introduced as homogeneous
catalysts in the 1980s for hydroformylation and hydrogenation with platinum as the metal. As …

The hydration of nitriles is an atom economical route to generate primary amides of great
academic and industrial significance. From an academic perspective, considerable progress …

Ru (II) complexes of amide-phosphine-based tridentate ligands additionally containing
pyridine, isoquinoline, and quinoline rings have been synthesized, and their catalytic utility …

Nitrile hydration provides access to amides that are indispensable to researchers in
chemical and pharmaceutical industries. Prohibiting the use of this venerable reaction …

The synthesis and catalytic behavior of the osmium (II) complexes [OsCl2 (η6‐p‐
cymene)(PR2OH)][R= Me (2 a), Ph (2 b), OMe (2 c), OPh (2 d)] in nitrile hydration reactions …

An efficient ruthenium( iv ) catalyst for the selective hydration of nitriles to amides in water under
mild conditions - Chemical Communications (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/C4CC04058A …

The NiII complex 1 containing pyridyl‐and hydroxy‐functionalized N‐heterocyclic carbenes
(NHCs) is synthesized and its catalytic utility for the selective nitrile hydration to the …