Recent advances in the enantioselective synthesis of chiral amines via transition metal-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation

A Cabré, X Verdaguer, A Riera - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Chiral amines are key structural motifs present in a wide variety of natural products, drugs,
and other biologically active compounds. During the past decade, significant advances have …

Role of the support in gold-containing nanoparticles as heterogeneous catalysts

M Sankar, Q He, RV Engel, MA Sainna… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
In this review, we discuss selected examples from recent literature on the role of the support
on directing the nanostructures of Au-based monometallic and bimetallic nanoparticles. The …

Chiral tridentate ligands in transition metal-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation

H Wang, J Wen, X Zhang - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Asymmetric hydrogenation (AH) of double bonds has been one of the most effective
methods for the preparation of chiral molecules and for the synthesis of important chiral …

Highly efficient asymmetric hydrogenation catalyzed by iridium complexes with tridentate chiral spiro aminophosphine ligands

F Yang, JH **e, QL Zhou - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Catalytic asymmetric hydrogenation is one of the most reliable, powerful, and
environmentally benign methods for the synthesis of chiral molecules with high atom …

Asymmetric hydrogenation catalyzed by first-row transition metal complexes

J Wen, F Wang, X Zhang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
This review provides a comprehensive view of the application of first-row transition metals in
asymmetric hydrogenation and asymmetric transfer hydrogenation. The catalytic behavior of …

Hydride transfer reactions catalyzed by cobalt complexes

W Ai, R Zhong, X Liu, Q Liu - Chemical Reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Cobalt has become increasingly attractive in homogeneous catalysis because of its unique
characteristics and outstanding catalytic performance in addition to being cheap and earth …

The golden age of transfer hydrogenation

D Wang, D Astruc - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Hydrogenation is one of the most fundamental transformations in organic synthesis, and its
industrial applications span from fine chemicals to pharmaceuticals synthesis. 1− 3 Direct …

Selective catalytic hydrogenations of nitriles, ketones, and aldehydes by well-defined manganese pincer complexes

S Elangovan, C Topf, S Fischer, H Jiao… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Hydrogenations constitute fundamental processes in organic chemistry and allow for atom-
efficient and clean functional group transformations. In fact, the selective reduction of nitriles …

Nanocelluloses as versatile supports for metal nanoparticles and their applications in catalysis

M Kaushik, A Moores - Green Chemistry, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanocelluloses, derived from the biopolymer cellulose, are a class of sustainable functional
nanomaterials featuring exciting properties. They have been extensively researched as key …

Hydrogenation and dehydrogenation iron pincer catalysts capable of metal–ligand cooperation by aromatization/dearomatization

T Zell, D Milstein - Accounts of chemical research, 2015 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The substitution of expensive and potentially toxic noble-metal catalysts by
cheap, abundant, environmentally benign, and less toxic metals is highly desirable and in …