Hydration reactions catalyzed by transition metal–NHC (NHC= N-heterocyclic carbene) complexes

P Gao, M Szostak - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
The catalytic addition of water to unsaturated C–C or C–N π bonds represent one of the
most important and environmentally sustainable methods to form C–O bonds for the …

Recent advances in pincer–nickel catalyzed reactions

V Arora, H Nar**ari, PG Nandi, A Kumar - Dalton Transactions, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Organometallic catalysts have played a key role in accomplishing numerous synthetically
valuable organic transformations that are either otherwise not possible or inefficient. The use …

Organoselenium ligands for heterogeneous and nanocatalytic systems: development and applications

A Arora, P Oswal, GK Rao, S Kumar, A Kumar - Dalton Transactions, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Organoselenium ligands have attracted great attention among researchers during the past
two decades. Various homogeneous, heterogeneous and nanocatalytic systems have been …

Fe3O4@SiO2@KIT-6@2-ATP@CuI as a catalyst for hydration of benzonitriles and reduction of nitroarenes

Z Moradi, A Ghorbani-Choghamarani - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
In this paper, a new type of magnetic mesoporous material (Fe3O4@ SiO2@ KIT-6@ 2-
ATP@ CuI) was designed and synthesized and its application in the synthesis of amides …

Cationic ruthenium (II)-CNC pincer complexes as phosphine-free catalysts for nitrile hydration to amides in aqueous medium

RK Singh, D Yadav, AK Singh - Molecular Catalysis, 2023 - Elsevier
We report the synthesis, characterization, and catalytic activity of a series of electron-rich,
phosphine-free complexes featuring multiple N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands, namely …

A comprehensive analysis of the metal–nitrile bonding in an organo-diiron system

G Bresciani, L Biancalana, G Pampaloni, S Zacchini… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Nitriles (N≡ CR) are ubiquitous in coordination chemistry, yet literature studies on metal–
nitrile bonding based on a multi-technique approach are rare. We selected an easily …

Hydrogen bond mediated conversion of benzenenitriles and arylacetonitriles to amides: an “on/in-water” reaction strategy

SS Choudhury, S Mahapatra, HS Biswal - Green Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Owing to the myriad of applications that amides have, hydration of nitriles has emerged as
one of the most preferred atom-efficient synthesis methods. Being kinetically slow, this …

Hydration of Aliphatic Nitriles Catalyzed by an Osmium Polyhydride: Evidence for an Alternative Mechanism

JC Babón, MA Esteruelas, AM López… - Inorganic Chemistry, 2021 - ACS Publications
The hexahydride OsH6 (PiPr3) 2 competently catalyzes the hydration of aliphatic nitriles to
amides. The main metal species under the catalytic conditions are the trihydride osmium (IV) …

Organoselenium Compounds as an Emerging Class of Stabilizers of applied Nanomaterials for Applications in the Catalysis of Organic Reactions

S Purohit, P Oswal, A Tyagi… - Asian Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Nanomaterials have revolutionized various scientific and industrial domains due to their
exceptional properties and diverse applications. Yet, challenges persist in achieving their …

Silica supported spinel structured cobalt ferrite multifunctional nanocatalyst for hydration of nitriles and oxidative decarboxylation of phenylacetic acids

S Hazarika, G Borah - Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The silica‐supported cobalt ferrite spinel nanocatalyst has been successfully synthesized by
the coprecipitation method and extensively characterized by FTIR, XRD, SEM‐EDX, TEM …