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 …

Water: Nature's Reaction Enforcer Comparative Effects for Organic Synthesis “In-Water” and “On-Water”

RN Butler, AG Coyne - Chemical reviews, 2010 - ACS Publications
Water is the solvent used by nature for biological chemistry. Considering the enormous
variety of biological organic synthetic pathways and the complicated molecular structures …

Metal–ligand bifunctional catalysis: the “accepted” mechanism, the issue of concertedness, and the function of the ligand in catalytic cycles involving hydrogen atoms

PA Dub, JC Gordon - ACS Catalysis, 2017 - ACS Publications
For years, following the ideas of Shvo and Noyori, the core assumption of metal–ligand
bifunctional molecular catalysis has relied on the direct involvement of the chelating ligand …

Asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of ketones with bifunctional transition metal-based molecular catalysts

T Ikariya, AJ Blacker - Accounts of chemical research, 2007 - ACS Publications
Recent development of conceptually new chiral bifunctional transition metal based catalysts
for asymmetric reductive transformations is described. The chiral bifunctional molecular …

Asymmetric transfer hydrogenation: chiral ligands and applications

S Gladiali, E Alberico - Chemical Society Reviews, 2006 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrogen transfer reduction processes are attracting increasing interest from synthetic
chemists in view of their operational simplicity and high selectivity. In this tutorial review the …

A brief user's guide to single-chain nanoparticles

CK Lyon, A Prasher, AM Hanlon, BT Tuten… - Polymer …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
In this review we outline the various methods that have been explored to synthesize
architecturally defined nanoparticles from discrete polymer chains, summarize the methods …

The N H Functional Group in Organometallic Catalysis

B Zhao, Z Han, K Ding - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The organometallic approach is one of the most active topics in catalysis. The application of
NH functionality in organometallic catalysis has become an important and attractive concept …

Single-chain folding of polymers for catalytic systems in water

T Terashima, T Mes, TFA De Greef… - Journal of the …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Enzymes are a source of inspiration for chemists attempting to create versatile synthetic
catalysts. In order to arrive at a polymeric chain carrying catalytic units separated spatially, it …

The mechanism of enantioselective ketone reduction with Noyori and Noyori–Ikariya bifunctional catalysts

PA Dub, JC Gordon - Dalton Transactions, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
The catalytic hydrogenation of prochiral ketones with second and third-row transition metal
complexes bearing chelating chiral ligands containing at least one N–H functionality has …

Hydrophilic ligands and their application in aqueous-phase metal-catalyzed reactions

KH Shaughnessy - Chemical reviews, 2009 - ACS Publications
Water is truly ubiquitous. Approximately 80% of the earth's surface is covered by water,
although only 1% of this is drinkable water. Water is the solvent of life and makes up about …