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
Chemical Reviews,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
122(1), P. 385 - 441
Published: Nov. 2, 2021
As
the
world
pledges
to
significantly
cut
carbon
emissions,
demand
for
sustainable
and
clean
energy
has
now
become
more
important
than
ever.
This
includes
both
production
storage
of
carriers,
a
majority
which
involve
catalytic
reactions.
article
reviews
recent
developments
homogeneous
catalysts
in
emerging
applications
energy.
The
most
focus
been
on
hydrogen
as
several
efficient
have
reported
recently
(de)hydrogenative
transformations
promising
economy.
Another
direction
that
extensively
covered
this
review
is
methanol
Homogeneous
investigated
from
CO
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.
Chemical Reviews,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
121(13), P. 7530 - 7567
Published: May 20, 2021
Asymmetric
hydrogenation
(AH)
of
double
bonds
has
been
one
the
most
effective
methods
for
preparation
chiral
molecules
and
synthesis
important
building
blocks.
In
past
60
years,
noble
metals
with
bidentate
ligands
have
shown
marvelous
reactivity
enantioselectivity
in
asymmetric
a
series
prochiral
substrates.
recent
developing
tridentate
played
an
increasingly
role
AH.
With
modular
frameworks
variety
functionalities
on
side
arms,
ligand
complexes
enable
both
reactivities
stereoselectivities.
Although
great
achievements
made
metal
catalysts
since
1990s,
design
earth
abundant
still
high
demand.
This
review
summarizes
development
homogeneous
hydrogenation.
The
philosophy
reaction
mechanisms
are
highlighted
discussed
as
well.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
60(37), P. 20144 - 20165
Published: Feb. 22, 2021
Oils
and
fats
of
vegetable
animal
origin
remain
an
important
renewable
feedstock
for
the
chemical
industry.
Their
industrial
use
has
increased
during
last
10
years
from
31
to
51
million
tonnes
annually.
Remarkable
achievements
made
in
field
oleochemistry
this
timeframe
are
summarized
herein,
including
reduction
fatty
esters
ethers,
selective
oxidation
oxidative
cleavage
C-C
double
bonds,
synthesis
alkyl-branched
compounds,
isomerizing
hydroformylation
alkoxycarbonylation,
olefin
metathesis.
The
oleochemicals
a
great
variety
polymeric
materials
tremendously,
too.
In
addition
lipases
phospholipases,
other
enzymes
have
found
their
way
into
biocatalytic
oleochemistry.
Important
also
generated
new
oil
qualities
existing
crop
plants
or
by
using
microorganisms
optimized
metabolic
engineering.
Nature Energy,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
7(5), P. 438 - 447
Published: May 19, 2022
Abstract
Efficient
hydrogen
storage
and
release
are
essential
for
effective
use
of
as
an
energy
carrier.
In
principle,
formic
acid
could
be
used
a
convenient
medium
via
reversible
CO
2
hydrogenation.
However,
noble
metal-based
catalysts
currently
needed
to
facilitate
the
(de)hydrogenation,
produced
during
is
generally
released,
resulting
in
undesirable
emissions.
Here
we
report
α
-amino
acid-promoted
system
hydrogenation
using
Mn-pincer
complex
homogeneous
catalyst.
We
observe
good
stability
reusability
catalyst
lysine
amino
at
high
productivities
(CO
hydrogenation:
total
turnover
number
2,000,000;
dehydrogenation:
600,000).
Employing
potassium
lysinate,
achieve
>80%
H
evolution
efficiency
>99.9%
retention
ten
charge–discharge
cycles,
avoiding
re-loading
steps
between
each
cycle.
This
process
was
scaled
up
by
factor
18
without
obvious
drop
productivity.
Chemistry - A European Journal,
Journal Year:
2018,
Volume and Issue:
25(1), P. 122 - 143
Published: Sept. 5, 2018
Abstract
Non‐noble
metal
catalysts
based
on
pincer
type
compounds
are
of
special
interest
for
organometallic
chemistry
and
organic
synthesis.
Next
to
iron
manganese,
currently
cobalt–pincer
complexes
successfully
applied
in
various
catalytic
reactions.
In
this
review
the
recent
progress
(de)hydrogenation,
transfer
hydrogenation,
hydroboration
hydrosilylation
as
well
dehydrogenative
coupling
reactions
using
is
summarised.
Chemical Society Reviews,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
51(11), P. 4386 - 4464
Published: Jan. 1, 2022
The
emerging
field
of
organometallic
catalysis
has
shifted
towards
research
on
Earth-abundant
transition
metals
due
to
their
ready
availability,
economic
advantage,
and
novel
properties.
In
this
case,
manganese,
the
third
most
abundant
transition-metal
in
Earth's
crust,
emerged
as
one
leading
competitors.
Accordingly,
a
large
number
molecularly-defined
Mn-complexes
been
synthesized
employed
for
hydrogenation,
dehydrogenation,
hydroelementation
reactions.
regard,
catalyst
design
is
based
three
pillars,
namely,
metal-ligand
bifunctionality,
ligand
hemilability,
redox
activity.
Indeed,
developed
catalysts
not
only
differ
chelating
atoms
they
possess
but
also
working
principles,
thereby
different
turnover
numbers
product
molecules.
Hence,
critical
assessment
molecularly
defined
manganese
terms
atoms,
reaction
conditions,
mechanistic
pathway,
significant.
Herein,
we
analyze
complexes
catalytic
activity,
versatility
allow
multiple
transformations
routes
convert
substrates
target
This
article
will
be
helpful
get
significant
insight
into
design,
aiding
design.