Palladium-catalyzed carbonylative coupling reactions of aromatic halides and related
compounds have undergone a rapid development during recent years. Nowadays, a …

Ligands, Lewis bases that coordinate to the metal center in a complex, can completely
change the catalytic behavior of the metal center. In this Account, we summarize new …

Natural molecular biomass plays an important role in the field of renewable polymers, as
they can be directly used or derivatized as monomers for controlled polymerization, in a way …

Installing ketones into a polymer backbone is a known method for introducing
photodegradability into polymers; however, most current methods are limited to ethylene …

The incorporation of polar functional groups into polyolefins can significantly alter the
adhesion, barrier and surface properties, dyeability, printability, and compatibility of the …

The degradation of plastics has attracted much attention from the global community.
Polyethylenes (PEs), as the most abundant synthetic plastics, are most frequently studied …

The iridium-catalyzed carbonyl-directed hydroarylation of monosubstituted alkenes
developed by Bower and co-workers [Crisenza, GEM; McCreanor, NG; Bower, JFJ Am …

Rapid, efficient development of homogeneous catalysts featuring desired performance is
critical to numerous catalytic transformations but remains a key challenge. Typically, this task …

A series of 2-(2-benzhydrylbenzenamino) pyridine ligands (L1–L13) was synthesized and
used as bidentate N^ N ligands with nickel halides to afford the corresponding nickel …

Linear polyethylenes with a combination of incorporated in-chain keto as well as side-chain
ester groups are formed by Ni (II)-catalyzed terpolymerization of ethylene, carbon monoxide …