Bifunctional RuII-Complex-Catalysed Tandem C−C Bond Formation: Efficient and Atom Economical Strategy for the Utilisation of Alcohols as Alkylating Agents

Upgrading ethanol to 1-butanol with a homogeneous air-stable ruthenium catalyst

(2016) Kuei-Nin T. Tseng et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Catalytic conversion of methanol/ethanol to isobutanol – a highly selective route to an advanced biofuel

(2016) Richard L. Wingad et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Optimum bifunctionality in a 2-(2-pyridyl-2-ol)-1,10-phenanthroline based ruthenium complex for transfer hydrogenation of ketones and nitriles: impact of the number of 2-hydroxypyridine fragments

(2016) Bhaskar Paul et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Ruthenium complexes bearing an unsymmetrical pincer ligand with a 2-hydroxypyridylmethylene fragment: active catalysts for transfer hydrogenation of ketones

(2016) Jing Shi et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Chemoselective oxidant-free dehydrogenation of alcohols in lignin using Cp*Ir catalysts

(2016) Rui Zhu et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Acceptorless Dehydrogenative Coupling of o-Aminobenzamides with the Activation of Methanol as a C1 Source for the Construction of Quinazolinones

(2016) Feng Li et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Acceptorless Dehydrogenative Cyclization of o-Aminobenzyl Alcohols with Ketones to Quinolines in Water Catalyzed by Water-Soluble Metal–Ligand Bifunctional Catalyst [Cp*(6,6′-(OH)2bpy)(H2O)][OTf]2

(2016) Rongzhou Wang et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Ruthenium(III)-Catalyzed β-Alkylation of Secondary Alcohols with Primary Alcohols

(2016) Qingfu Wang et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Simple Ligand Modifications with Pendent OH Groups Dramatically Impact the Activity and Selectivity of Ruthenium Catalysts for Transfer Hydrogenation: The Importance of Alkali Metals

(2016) Cameron M. Moore et al.   ACS Catalysis

Ruthenium-NHC Catalyzed α-Alkylation of Methylene Ketones Provides Branched Products through Borrowing Hydrogen Strategy

(2016) Christoph Schlepphorst et al.   ACS Catalysis

C-Alkylation of Ketones and Related Compounds by Alcohols: Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Dehydrogenation

(2015) Fei Huang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Metal-Ligand Cooperation

(2015) Julia R. Khusnutdinova et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Hydrogen Production from a Methanol-Water Solution Catalyzed by an Anionic Iridium Complex Bearing a Functional Bipyridonate Ligand under Weakly Basic Conditions

(2015) Ken-ichi Fujita et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Oxidation and β-Alkylation of Alcohols Catalysed by Iridium(I) Complexes with Functionalised N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands

(2015) M. Victoria Jiménez et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Synthesis of a-Alkylated Ketones via Tandem Acceptorless Dehydrogenation/a-Alkylation from Secondary and Primary Alcohols Catalyzed by Metal–Ligand Bifunctional Iridium Complex [Cp*Ir(2,2′-bpyO)(H2O)]

(2015) Rongzhou Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Highly Selective Formation of n-Butanol from Ethanol through the Guerbet Process: A Tandem Catalytic Approach

(2015) Sumit Chakraborty et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Understanding Selective Hydrogenation of α,β-Unsaturated Ketones to Unsaturated Alcohols on the Au25(SR)18 Cluster

(2015) Runhai Ouyang et al.   ACS Catalysis

Interconversion of Formic Acid and Carbon Dioxide by Proton-Responsive, Half-Sandwich Cp*IrIII Complexes: A Computational Mechanistic Investigation

(2015) Mehmed Z. Ertem et al.   ACS Catalysis

Studies of the Pathways Open to Copper Water Oxidation Catalysts Containing Proximal Hydroxy Groups During Basic Electrocatalysis

(2014) Deidra L. Gerlach et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

α-Alkylation of Ketones with Primary Alcohols Catalyzed by a Cp*Ir Complex Bearing a Functional Bipyridonate Ligand

(2014) Feng Li et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Homogeneous Perdehydrogenation and Perhydrogenation of Fused Bicyclic N-Heterocycles Catalyzed by Iridium Complexes Bearing a Functional Bipyridonate Ligand

(2014) Ken-ichi Fujita et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Positional Effects of Hydroxy Groups on Catalytic Activity of Proton-Responsive Half-Sandwich Cp*Iridium(III) Complexes

(2014) Yuki Suna et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Neutral and cationic ruthenium carbonyl complexes [Ru(CO)(2,2′-dipyridylamine)(PR3)Cl2] and [Ru(CO)(N–N)(PPh3)2(H)]Cl: synthesis, structural characterization and transfer-hydrogenation

(2014) Deividi Alexandre Cavarzan et al.   TRANSITION METAL CHEMISTRY

Iridium, Rhodium, and Ruthenium Catalysts for the “Aldehyde–Water Shift” Reaction

(2014) Timothy P. Brewster et al.   ACS Catalysis

Recent Advances in α-Alkylation Reactions using Alcohols with Hydrogen Borrowing Methodologies

(2014) Yasushi Obora   ACS Catalysis

Synthesis, Structures of Benzoxazolyl Iridium(III) Complexes, and Applications on C–C and C–N Bond Formation Reactions under Solvent-Free Conditions: Catalytic Activity Enhanced by Noncoordinating Anion without Silver Effect

(2014) Dawei Wang et al.   ACS Catalysis

Dehydrogenative Cross-Coupling of Primary and Secondary Alcohols

(2013) Sanaa Musa et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

Catalytic Conversion of Ethanol into an Advanced Biofuel: Unprecedented Selectivity forn-Butanol

(2013) George R. M. Dowson et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

The Effects of Electron-Donating Substituents on [Ir(bpy)Cp*Cl]+: Water Oxidation versus Ligand Oxidative Modifications

(2013) Teng Zhang et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

How Do Proximal Hydroxy or Methoxy Groups on the Bidentate Ligand Affect [(2,2′;6′,2"-Terpyridine)Ru(N,N)X] Water-Oxidation Catalysts? Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity at Acidic and Near-Neutral pH

(2013) David C. Marelius et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Cp*Co(III) Catalysts with Proton-Responsive Ligands for Carbon Dioxide Hydrogenation in Aqueous Media

(2013) Yosra M. Badiei et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Iridium Dihydroxybipyridine Complexes Show That Ligand Deprotonation Dramatically Speeds Rates of Catalytic Water Oxidation

(2013) Joseph DePasquale et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Ruthenium dihydroxybipyridine complexes are tumor activated prodrugs due to low pH and blue light induced ligand release

(2013) Kyle T. Hufziger et al.   JOURNAL OF INORGANIC BIOCHEMISTRY

A Biomimetic Copper Water Oxidation Catalyst with Low Overpotential

(2013) Teng Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Efficient Iron-Catalyzed Direct β-Alkylation of Secondary Alcohols with Primary Alcohols

(2012) Jian Yang et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

Cooperative Catalysis by Iridium Complexes with a Bipyridonate Ligand: Versatile Dehydrogenative Oxidation of Alcohols and Reversible Dehydrogenation-Hydrogenation between 2-Propanol and Acetone

(2012) Ryoko Kawahara et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Iridium catalysed chemoselective alkylation of 2′-aminoacetophenone with primary benzyl type alcohols under microwave conditions

(2012) Shailen Bhat et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Dehydrogenative Oxidation of Alcohols in Aqueous Media Using Water-Soluble and Reusable Cp*Ir Catalysts Bearing a Functional Bipyridine Ligand

(2012) Ryoko Kawahara et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Copper-catalyzed C-alkylation of secondary alcohols and methyl ketones with alcohols employing the aerobic relay race methodology

(2012) Shiheng Liao et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

One-pot β-alkylation of secondary alcohols with primary alcohols catalyzed by ruthenacycles

(2012) Xu Chang et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

CuI/H2/NaOH-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Two Different Alcohols for Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation: “Borrowing Hydrogen”?

(2011) Takashi Miura et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Effective synthesis of 2,5-disubstituted tetrahydrofurans from glycerol by catalytic alkylation of ketones

(2011) Magnus Rueping et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Transfer Hydrogenation in Water via a Ruthenium Catalyst with OH Groups near the Metal Center on a bipy Scaffold

(2011) Ismael Nieto et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Iridium phosphine abnormal N-heterocyclic carbene complexes in catalytic hydrogen transfer reactions

(2011) Xue Gong et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

First metal complexes of 6,6′-dihydroxy-2,2′-bipyridine: from molecular wires to applications in carbonylation catalysis

(2010) Christopher M. Conifer et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

The role of butanol in the development of sustainable fuel technologies

(2010) Benjamin G. Harvey et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Multifunctional ligands in transition metal catalysis

(2010) Robert H. Crabtree   NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

Cross-coupling reaction of alcohols for carbon–carbon bond formation using pincer-type NHC/palladium catalysts

(2009) Osamu Kose et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Ruthenium-Catalyzed β-Alkylation of Secondary Alcohols with Primary Alcohols

(2008) Hung Wai Cheung et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

Alcohol cross-coupling reactions catalyzed by Ru and Ir terpyridine complexes

(2008) Dinakar Gnanamgari et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Preparation of a Series of “Ru(p-cymene)” Complexes with Different N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands for the Catalytic β-Alkylation of Secondary Alcohols and Dimerization of Phenylacetylene

(2008) Amparo Prades et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

First Cp*-Functionalized N-Heterocyclic Carbene and Its Coordination to Iridium. Study of the Catalytic Properties

(2008) André Pontes da Costa et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Iridium and Ruthenium Complexes with Chelating N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: Efficient Catalysts for Transfer Hydrogenation, β-Alkylation of Alcohols, and N-Alkylation of Amines

(2008) Dinakar Gnanamgari et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS