Metal–ligand cooperation

JR Khusnutdinova, D Milstein - … Chemie International Edition, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Metal–ligand cooperation (MLC) has become an important concept in catalysis by transition
metal complexes both in synthetic and biological systems. MLC implies that both the metal …

Brønsted–Lowry acid strength of metal hydride and dihydrogen complexes

RH Morris - Chemical Reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Transition metal hydride complexes are usually amphoteric, not only acting as hydride
donors, but also as Brønsted–Lowry acids. A simple additive ligand acidity constant …

Catalytic Furfural/5-Hydroxymethyl Furfural Oxidation to Furoic Acid/Furan-2,5-dicarboxylic Acid with H2 Production Using Alkaline Water as the Formal Oxidant

S Kar, QQ Zhou, Y Ben-David… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Furfural and 5-hydroxymethyl furfural (HMF) are abundantly available biomass-derived
renewable chemical feedstocks, and their oxidation to furoic acid and furan-2, 5-dicarboxylic …

Oxidative R1–H/R2–H Cross-Coupling with Hydrogen Evolution

S Tang, L Zeng, A Lei - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2018 - ACS Publications
Oxidative R1–H/R2–H cross-coupling with hydrogen evolution serves as one of the most
atom-economical methods for constructing new chemical bonds. This reaction strategy …

Efficient base-free aqueous reforming of methanol homogeneously catalyzed by ruthenium exhibiting a remarkable acceleration by added catalytic thiol

J Luo, S Kar, M Rauch, M Montag… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Production of H2 by methanol reforming is of particular interest due the low cost, ready
availability, and high hydrogen content of methanol. However, most current methods either …

Oxidation of Organic Compounds Using Water as the Oxidant with H2 Liberation Catalyzed by Molecular Metal Complexes

S Kar, D Milstein - Accounts of chemical research, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Oxidation reactions of organic compounds play a central role in both industrial
chemical and material synthesis as well as in fine chemical and pharmaceutical synthesis …

Synthesis of pyrazines and quinoxalines via acceptorless dehydrogenative coupling routes catalyzed by manganese pincer complexes

P Daw, A Kumar, NA Espinosa-Jalapa… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Base-metal catalyzed dehydrogenative self-coupling of 2-amino alcohols to selectively form
functionalized 2, 5-substituted pyrazine derivatives is presented. Also, 2-substituted …

Highly efficient process for production of biofuel from ethanol catalyzed by ruthenium pincer complexes

Y **e, Y Ben-David, LJW Shimon… - Journal of the American …, 2016 - ACS Publications
A highly efficient ruthenium pincer-catalyzed Guerbet-type process for the production of
biofuel from ethanol has been developed. It produces the highest conversion of ethanol …

Sustainable catalysis with fluxional acridine-based PNP pincer complexes

S Kar, D Milstein - Chemical Communications, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Because of the widespread use of fossil fuels and the resulting global warming,
development of sustainable catalytic transformations is now more important than ever to …

Ruthenium-Catalyzed ortho Alkenylation of Aromatics with Alkenes at Room Temperature with Hydrogen Evolution

R Manikandan, P Madasamy, M Jeganmohan - ACS Catalysis, 2016 - ACS Publications
A ruthenium-catalyzed oxidant-free highly regioselective ortho alkenylation of substituted
aromatics such as aromatic amides, aromatic ketoximes, and anilides with alkenes in the …