First-row transition metal (de) hydrogenation catalysis based on functional pincer ligands

L Alig, M Fritz, S Schneider - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
The use of 3d metals in de/hydrogenation catalysis has emerged as a competitive field with
respect to “traditional” precious metal catalyzed transformations. The introduction of …

Recent advances in hydrometallation of alkenes and alkynes via the first row transition metal catalysis

J Chen, J Guo, Z Lu - Chinese Journal of Chemistry, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrometallation of alkenes and alkynes provides a straightforward route to access alkyl‐or
alkenyl‐metal reagents, which have a wide range of applications in organic transformations …

Homogeneous catalysis by cobalt and manganese pincer complexes

A Mukherjee, D Milstein - ACS Catalysis, 2018 - ACS Publications
Homogeneous catalysis of organic transformations by metal complexes has been mostly
based on complexes of noble metals. In recent years, tremendous progress has been made …

Copper-on-nitride enhances the stable electrosynthesis of multi-carbon products from CO2

ZQ Liang, TT Zhuang, A Seifitokaldani, J Li… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Copper-based materials are promising electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction. Prior studies
show that the mixture of copper (I) and copper (0) at the catalyst surface enhances multi …

Tuning the Selectivity of Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction toward Ethanol on Oxide-Derived CuxZn Catalysts

D Ren, BSH Ang, BS Yeo - Acs Catalysis, 2016 - ACS Publications
The electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) to ethanol (C2H5OH) and ethylene
(C2H4) using renewable electricity is a viable method for the production of these …

From multisite polymerization catalysis to sustainable materials and all-polyolefin composites

M Stürzel, S Mihan, R Mülhaupt - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Since the pioneering advances of Karl Ziegler and Giulio Natta during the early 1950s, a
continuing series of breakthroughs in research and industrial innovations have greatly …

Iron-and cobalt-catalyzed alkene hydrogenation: catalysis with both redox-active and strong field ligands

PJ Chirik - Accounts of chemical research, 2015 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The hydrogenation of alkenes is one of the most impactful reactions catalyzed
by homogeneous transition metal complexes finding application in the pharmaceutical …

Site isolation in metal–organic frameworks enables novel transition metal catalysis

T Drake, P Ji, W Lin - Accounts of chemical research, 2018 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Comprising periodically repeating inorganic nodes and organic linkers, metal–
organic frameworks (MOFs) represent a novel class of porous molecular solids with well …

Post‐metallocenes in the industrial production of polyolefins

MC Baier, MA Zuideveld… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Research on “post‐metallocene” polymerization catalysis ranges methodologically from
fundamental mechanistic studies of polymerization reactions over catalyst design to material …

Late-metal catalysts for ethylene homo-and copolymerization

SD Ittel, LK Johnson, M Brookhart - Chemical Reviews, 2000 - ACS Publications
Polyolefins are a multibillion dollar a year industry with worldwide production in excess of
160 billion pounds and polyethylene alone in excess of 100 billion pounds. Despite this size …