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 …

Organic synthesis with the most abundant transition metal–iron: from rust to multitasking catalysts

S Rana, JP Biswas, S Paul, A Paik… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In industries and academic laboratories, several late transition metal-catalyzed prerequisite
reactions are widely performed during single and multistep synthesis. However, besides the …

Manganese complexes for (de) hydrogenation catalysis: a comparison to cobalt and iron catalysts

F Kallmeier, R Kempe - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The sustainable use of the resources on our planet is essential. Noble metals are very rare
and are diversely used in key technologies, such as catalysis. Manganese is the third most …

Iron catalysis in reduction and hydrometalation reactions

D Wei, C Darcel - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
The last two decades have seen an impressive improvement of the use of iron as a
fascinating and valuable alternative transition metal in homogeneous catalysis in terms of …

Iron N-heterocyclic carbene complexes in homogeneous catalysis

Q Liang, D Song - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of homogeneous iron catalysts has been a prolific research field in recent
years. Many catalytic reactions are no longer limited to noble metals. The use of N …

Transfer hydrogenation of unsaturated bonds in the absence of base additives catalyzed by a cobalt-based heterogeneous catalyst

J Long, Y Zhou, Y Li - Chemical Communications, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
A novel non-noble Co@ C–N catalytic system has been developed for catalytic transfer
hydrogenation reactions. Co@ C–N was found to be highly active and selective in the …

N-Heterocyclic silylenes as ambiphilic activators and ligands

MJ Krahfuss, U Radius - Dalton Transactions, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
This frontiers article highlights recent developments of the use of N-heterocyclic silylenes
(NHSis), the higher homologues of the Arduengo-carbenes, as ambiphilic activators and …

Piano-stool N-heterocyclic carbene iron complexes: Synthesis, reactivity and catalytic applications

C Johnson, M Albrecht - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
This review summarises the advances of N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) as ligands to iron
half-sandwich complexes, often referred to as piano-stool complexes because of their …

Diiron bis‐cyclopentadienyl complexes as transfer hydrogenation catalysts: The key role of the bridging aminocarbyne ligand

G Bresciani, L Biancalana, S Zacchini… - Applied …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The catalytic activity of a series of diiron complexes based on the {Fe2Cp2 (CO) x} core (x= 2–
3) and containing a bridging aminocarbyne ligand was screened in transfer hydrogenation …

Application of arene ruthenium (II) complexes with pyridine-2-carboxaldimine ligands in the transfer hydrogenation of ketones

JM Gichumbi, HB Friedrich, B Omondi - Journal of Molecular Catalysis A …, 2016 - Elsevier
The reaction of various pyridine-2-carboxaldimine ligands with the [(η 6-arene) Ru (μ-Cl) Cl]
2 dimer followed by a metathesis reaction with ammonium hexaflourophosphate, yielded the …