Anti-Markovnikov intermolecular hydroamination of alkenes and alkynes: a mechanistic view

J Escorihuela, A Lledós, G Ujaque - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Hydroamination, the addition of an N–H bond across a C–C multiple bond, is a reaction with
a great synthetic potential. Important advances have been made in the last decades …

Molecular main group metal hydrides

MMD Roy, AA Omana, ASS Wilson, MS Hill… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
This review serves to document advances in the synthesis, versatile bonding, and reactivity
of molecular main group metal hydrides within Groups 1, 2, and 12–16. Particular attention …

s-Block metal catalysts for the hydroboration of unsaturated bonds

M Magre, M Szewczyk, M Rue** - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
The addition of a B–H bond to an unsaturated bond (polarized or unpolarized) is a powerful
and atom-economic tool for the synthesis of organoboranes. In recent years, s-block …

Low oxidation state and hydrido group 2 complexes: synthesis and applications in the activation of gaseous substrates

MJ Evans, C Jones - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Numerous industrial processes utilise gaseous chemical feedstocks to produce useful
chemical products. Atmospheric and other small molecule gases, including anthropogenic …

Not only hydrogen bonds: Other noncovalent interactions

I Alkorta, J Elguero, A Frontera - Crystals, 2020 - mdpi.com
In this review, we provide a consistent description of noncovalent interactions, covering most
groups of the Periodic Table. Different types of bonds are discussed using their trivial …

Catalytic active centers beyond transition metals: Atomically dispersed alkaline-earth metals for the electroreduction of nitrate to ammonia

D Wu, P Lv, J Wu, B He, X Li, K Chu, Y Jia… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Alkaline-earth (AE) metals have rarely been reported to be the active centers in
heterogeneous catalysis. However, in nature, Mg cofactors in enzymes exhibit super activity …

Oxidative addition and reductive elimination at main-group element centers

T Chu, GI Nikonov - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Oxidative addition and reductive elimination are key steps in a wide variety of catalytic
reactions mediated by transition-metal complexes. Historically, this reactivity has been …

Main group redox catalysis of organopnictogens: vertical periodic trends and emerging opportunities in group 15

JM Lipshultz, G Li, AT Radosevich - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
A growing number of organopnictogen redox catalytic methods have emerged—especially
within the past 10 years—that leverage the plentiful reversible two-electron redox chemistry …

The road travelled: after main‐group elements as transition metals

C Weetman, S Inoue - ChemCatChem, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Since the latter quarter of the twentieth century, main group chemistry has undergone
significant advances. Power's timely review in 2010 highlighted the inherent differences …

Understanding metal synergy in heterodinuclear catalysts for the copolymerization of CO2 and epoxides

AC Deacy, AFR Kilpatrick, A Regoutz, CK Williams - Nature chemistry, 2020 - nature.com
Carbon dioxide and epoxide copolymerization is an industrially relevant means to valorize
waste and improve sustainability in polymer manufacturing. Given the value of the polymer …