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Metallaphotoredox: The Merger of Photoredox and Transition Metal Catalysis Open
The merger of photoredox catalysis with transition metal catalysis, termed metallaphotoredox catalysis, has become a mainstay in synthetic methodology over the past decade. Metallaphotoredox catalysis has combined the unparalleled capacity…
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Photosensitized, energy transfer-mediated organometallic catalysis through electronically excited nickel(II) Open
A nickel's worth of transferred energy Traditional organic photochemistry often relies on sensitizers, molecules that efficiently absorb light and then transfer the energy to other compounds to spur reactivity. Welin et al. leveraged this …
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Catalysis by Design: Well-Defined Single-Site Heterogeneous Catalysts Open
Heterogeneous catalysis, a field important industrially and scientifically, is increasingly seeking and refining strategies to render itself more predictable. The main issue is due to the nature and the population of catalytically active s…
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Computational Ligand Descriptors for Catalyst Design Open
Ligands, especially phosphines and carbenes, can play a key role in modifying and controlling homogeneous organometallic catalysts, and they often provide a convenient approach to fine-tuning the performance of known catalysts. The measura…
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Advances in the design of organometallic anticancer complexes Open
Organometallic complexes containing ligands such as CO, carbenes, alkyls, phenyls, π-bound alkynes, alkenes, cyclopentadienyls and arenes possess properties which have often been exploited in areas such as catalysis and materials chemistry…
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The Cation–π Interaction in Small‐Molecule Catalysis Open
Catalysis by small molecules (≤1000 Da, 10 −9 m) that are capable of binding and activating substrates through attractive, noncovalent interactions has emerged as an important approach in organic and organometallic chemistry. While the can…
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Transition Metal Complexes as Catalysts for the Electroconversion of CO<sub>2</sub>: An Organometallic Perspective Open
The electrocatalytic transformation of carbon dioxide has been a topic of interest in the field of CO 2 utilization for a long time. Recently, the area has seen increasing dynamics as an alternative strategy to catalytic hydrogenation for …
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Tutorial on the Role of Cyclopentadienyl Ligands in the Discovery of Molecular Complexes of the Rare-Earth and Actinide Metals in New Oxidation States Open
A fundamental aspect of any element is the range of oxidation states accessible for useful chemistry. This tutorial describes the recent expansion of the number of oxidation states available to the rare-earth and actinide metals in molecul…
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Bridging the Gap between Industrial and Well‐Defined Supported Catalysts Open
Many industrial catalysts contain isolated metal sites on the surface of oxide supports. Although such catalysts have been used in a broad range of processes for more than 40 years, there is often a very limited understanding about the str…
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Mechanistic Analysis of Metallaphotoredox C–N Coupling: Photocatalysis Initiates and Perpetuates Ni(I)/Ni(III) Coupling Activity Open
The combined use of reaction kinetic analysis, ultrafast spectroscopy, and stoichiometric organometallic studies has enabled the elucidation of the mechanistic underpinnings to a photocatalytic C-N cross-coupling reaction. Steady-state and…
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Nickel-centred proton reduction catalysis in a model of [NiFe] hydrogenase Open
Hydrogen production through water splitting is one of the most promising solutions for the storage of renewable energy. [NiFe] hydrogenases are organometallic enzymes containing nickel and iron centres that catalyse hydrogen evolution with…
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Heterogenisation of polyoxometalates and other metal-based complexes in metal–organic frameworks: from synthesis to characterisation and applications in catalysis Open
This review provides a thorough overview of composites with molecular catalysts (polyoxometalates, or organometallic or coordination complexes) immobilised into MOFs via non-covalent interactions.
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Organometallic Gold(III) Reagents for Cysteine Arylation Open
An efficient method for chemoselective cysteine arylation of unprotected peptides and proteins using Au(III) organometallic complexes is reported. The bioconjugation reactions proceed rapidly (<5 min) at ambient temperature in various buff…
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Alkali‐Metal Mediation: Diversity of Applications in Main‐Group Organometallic Chemistry Open
Organolithium compounds have been at the forefront of synthetic chemistry for over a century, as they mediate the synthesis of myriads of compounds that are utilised worldwide in academic and industrial settings. For that reason, lithium h…
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Zn-Nx sites on N-doped carbon for aerobic oxidative cleavage and esterification of C(CO)-C bonds Open
Selective cleavage of C-C bonds is very important in organic chemistry, but remains challenging because of their inert chemical nature. Herein, we report that Zn/NC-X catalysts, in which Zn 2+ coordinate with N species on microporous N-dop…
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A lesson for site-selective C–H functionalization on 2-pyridones: radical, organometallic, directing group and steric controls Open
This minireview focuses on recent advances in site-selective C–H functionalization on 2-pyridone which is an important heterocyclic motif in medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry.
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Enabling Two-Electron Pathways with Iron and Cobalt: From Ligand Design to Catalytic Applications Open
Homogeneous catalysis with Earth-abundant, first-row transition metals, including iron and cobalt, has gained considerable recent attention as a potentially cost-effective and sustainable alternative to more commonly and historically used …
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Nontraditional Catalyst Supports in Surface Organometallic Chemistry Open
The field of Surface Organometallic Chemistry (SOMC) aims to blend the positive attributes of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis. Significant insight into heterogeneous systems has been gained over the years through the synthesis, cha…
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Chelating N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands Enable Tuning of Electrocatalytic CO<sub>2</sub> Reduction to Formate and Carbon Monoxide: Surface Organometallic Chemistry Open
Reported here is the chelate effect as a design principle for tuning heterogeneous catalysts for electrochemical CO 2 reduction. Palladium functionalized with a chelating tris‐N‐heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligand (Pd‐timtmb Me ) exhibits a …
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Radical SAM catalysis via an organometallic intermediate with an Fe–[5′-C]-deoxyadenosyl bond Open
Catching a radical in action Many enzymes catalyze reactions through the production of radical intermediates. Radical SAM enzymes, the largest superfamily of enzymes in nature, do this by using an iron-sulfur cluster to cleave S-adenosylme…
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Conceptual Advances from Werner Complexes to Metal–Organic Frameworks Open
Alfred Werner's work on the geometric aspects of how ligands bind to metal ions at the end of the 19th century has given rise, in the molecular realm, to organometallic, bioinorganic, and cluster chemistries. By stitching together organic …
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A Highly Active N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Manganese(I) Complex for Selective Electrocatalytic CO<sub>2</sub> Reduction to CO Open
We report here the first purely organometallic fac ‐[Mn I (CO) 3 (bis‐ Me NHC)Br] complex with unprecedented activity for the selective electrocatalytic reduction of CO 2 to CO, exceeding 100 turnovers with excellent faradaic yields ( η CO…
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The Future of Polar Organometallic Chemistry Written in Bio‐Based Solvents and Water Open
There is a strong imperative to reduce the release of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) into the environment, and many efforts are currently being made to replace conventional hazardous VOCs in favour of safe, green and bio‐renewable react…
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200 Years of Lithium and 100 Years of Organolithium Chemistry Open
The element lithium has been discovered 200 years ago. Due to its unique properties it has emerged to play a vital role in industry, esp. for energy storage, and lithium‐based products and processes support sustainable technological develo…
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Organometallic chemistry using partially fluorinated benzenes Open
Fluorobenzenes, in particular fluorobenzene (FB) and 1,2-difluorobenzene (1,2-DiFB), are versatile solvents for conducting organometallic chemistry and transition-metal-based catalysis.
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Light-driven, heterogeneous organocatalysts for C–C bond formation toward valuable perfluoroalkylated intermediates Open
In-depth analysis of structure/activity relationship aids rational design of modified carbon nitride for organophotocatalysis.
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Mechanochemistry allows carrying out sensitive organometallic reactions in air: glove-box-and-Schlenk-line-free synthesis of oxidative addition complexes from aryl halides and palladium(0) Open
We have demonstrated that mechanochemistry allows synthesizing a wide range of palladium oxidative addition complexes in air.
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An automated method to find reaction mechanisms and solve the kinetics in organometallic catalysis Open
A novel computational method based on a procedure combining accelerated direct dynamics with an efficient geometry-based post-processing algorithm is proposed for use in discovering reaction mechanisms and solving the kinetics of transitio…
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Alternative Technologies That Facilitate Access to Discrete Metal Complexes Open
Organometallic complexes: these two words jump to the mind of the chemist and are directly associated with their utility in catalysis or as a pharmaceutical. Nevertheless, to be able to use them, it is necessary to synthesize them, and it …
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Impact of Linker Engineering on the Catalytic Activity of Metal–Organic Frameworks Containing Pd(II)–Bipyridine Complexes Open
A series of mixed-linker bipyridyl metal–organic framework (MOF)-supported palladium(II) catalysts were used to elucidate the electronic and steric effects of linker substitution on the activity of these catalysts in the context of Suzuki–…