Chemical Communications,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
58(23), P. 3731 - 3746
Published: Jan. 1, 2022
Because
of
the
widespread
use
fossil
fuels
and
resulting
global
warming,
development
sustainable
catalytic
transformations
is
now
more
important
than
ever
to
obtain
our
desired
building
materials
with
least
carbon
footprint
waste
production.
Many
(de)hydrogenation
reactions,
including
CO2
reduction,
H2
carrier
systems,
others,
have
been
reported
using
molecular
pincer
complexes.
A
specific
subset
complexes
containing
a
central
acridine
donor
flanking
CH2PR2
ligands,
known
as
acridine-based
PNP
complexes,
exhibit
special
reactivities
that
are
not
imitable
by
other
such
pyridine-based
or
(R2PCH2CH2)2NH
type
ligands.
The
goal
this
article
highlight
unique
then
investigate
how
these
allow
catalyse
many
reactions
traditional
cannot
catalyse.
To
end,
we
will
initially
go
over
synthesis
structural
features
labile
coordination
N
observed
fac-mer
fluxionality.
Following
that,
distinct
reactivity
patterns
their
acids
water
be
discussed.
Finally,
discuss
reaction
systems
developed
thus
far,
notable
selective
primary
alcohols
amines
ammonia,
N-heteroaromatic
from
oxidation
liberation,
conclude
future
possible
directions.
We
hope
systemic
study
presented
here
aid
researchers
in
developing
further
based
on
Chemical Reviews,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
121(21), P. 13238 - 13341
Published: Oct. 7, 2021
Organoboron
reagents
represent
a
unique
class
of
compounds
because
their
utility
in
modern
synthetic
organic
chemistry,
often
affording
unprecedented
reactivity.
The
transformation
the
carbon–boron
bond
into
carbon–X
(X
=
C,
N,
and
O)
stereocontrolled
fashion
has
become
invaluable
medicinal
agrochemistry,
natural
products
chemistry
as
well
materials
science.
Over
past
decade,
first-row
d-block
transition
metals
have
increasingly
widely
used
catalysts
for
formation
bond,
traditionally
catalyzed
by
expensive
precious
metals.
This
recent
focus
on
alternative
enabled
growth
fundamental
methods
organoboron
chemistry.
review
surveys
current
state-of-the-art
use
element-based
bonds.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
58(44), P. 15767 - 15771
Published: Aug. 29, 2019
An
efficient
cobalt-catalyzed
asymmetric
hydrogenation
of
C=N
bonds
has
been
realized.
Chiral
hydrazines
were
obtained
in
high
yields
and
with
excellent
enantioselectivities
(95-98
%
ee).
The
went
smoothly
at
up
to
2000
substrate/catalyst
on
a
gram
scale.
success
this
reaction
relies
the
presence
an
NHBz
group
substrates,
reactivity
enantioselectivity
improved
by
assisted
coordination
cobalt
atom
nonbonding
interaction
ligand.
Furthermore,
practical
applications
for
synthesis
several
useful
chiral
nitrogen-containing
compounds.
Catalysts,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
10(7), P. 773 - 773
Published: July 11, 2020
Our
planet
urgently
needs
sustainable
solutions
to
alleviate
the
anthropogenic
global
warming
and
climate
change.
Homogeneous
catalysis
has
potential
play
a
fundamental
role
in
this
process,
providing
novel,
efficient,
at
same
time
eco-friendly
routes
for
both
chemicals
energy
production.
In
particular,
pincer-type
ligation
shows
promising
properties
terms
of
long-term
stability
selectivity,
as
well
allowing
mild
reaction
conditions
low
catalyst
loading.
Indeed,
pincer
complexes
have
been
applied
plethora
chemical
processes,
such
hydrogen
release,
CO2
capture
conversion,
N2
fixation,
biomass
valorization
synthesis
high-value
fuels.
work,
we
show
main
advances
last
five
years
use
transition
metal
key
catalytic
processes
aiming
more
Molecules,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
24(17), P. 3194 - 3194
Published: Sept. 3, 2019
Base
metal
catalysis
offers
an
alternative
to
reactions,
which
were
once
dominated
by
precious
metals
in
hydrofunctionalization
reactions.
This
review
article
details
the
development
of
some
base
(Fe,
Co,
and
Ni)
hydroboration
hydrosilylation
reactions
concomitant
with
a
brief
overview
recent
advances
field.
Applications
both
commercially
available
salts
well-defined
complexes
opportunities
further
advance
field
is
discussed
as
well.
Chemistry - A European Journal,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
25(36), P. 8459 - 8464
Published: April 2, 2019
Among
the
known
liquid
organic
hydrogen
carriers,
formic
acid
attracts
increasing
interest
in
context
of
safe
and
reversible
storage
hydrogen.
Here,
first
molecularly
defined
cobalt
pincer
complex
is
disclosed
for
dehydrogenation
aqueous
medium
under
mild
conditions.
Crucial
catalytic
activity
use
specific
3.
Compared
to
related
ruthenium
manganese
complexes
7
8,
this
optimal
showed
improved
performance.
DFT
computations
support
an
innocent
non-classical
bifunctional
outer-sphere
mechanism
on
triplet
state
potential
energy
surface.
Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
23(3), P. 869 - 875
Published: Jan. 21, 2021
Herein,
a
phosphine-free
pincer
ruthenium(III)
catalyzed
β-alkylation
of
secondary
alcohols
with
primary
to
α-alkylated
ketones
and
two
different
β-branched
are
reported.
Notably,
this
transformation
is
environmentally
benign
atom
efficient
H2O
H2
gas
as
the
only
byproducts.
The
protocol
extended
gram-scale
reaction
for
functionalization
complex
vitamin
E
cholesterol
derivatives.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
62(26)
Published: April 21, 2023
A
homogeneous
manganese-catalyzed
cross-coupling
of
two
secondary
alcohols
for
the
divergent
synthesis
γ-disubstituted
and
β-disubstituted
ketones
is
reported.
Employing
well-defined
Mn-MACHOPh
as
catalyst,
this
novel
protocol
has
a
broad
substrate
scope
with
good
functional
group
tolerance
affords
diverse
library
valuable
disubstituted
in
moderate
to
yields.
The
strong
influence
reaction
temperature
on
selective
formation
alcohol
products
was
theorized
preliminary
DFT
studies.
Studies
have
shown
that
Gibbs
free
energy
thermodynamically
more
favourable
than
corresponding
at
lower
temperature.