The Developing Concept of Bifunctional Catalysis with Transition Metal N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes

Exploiting Metal–Ligand Bifunctional Reactions in the Design of Iron Asymmetric Hydrogenation Catalysts

(2015) Robert H. Morris   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Deconstructing Covalent Organocatalysis

(2015) Mareike C. Holland et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Recent advances in asymmetric organocatalysis mediated by bifunctional amine–thioureas bearing multiple hydrogen-bonding donors

(2015) Xin Fang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

On the Functional Group Tolerance of Ester Hydrogenation and Polyester Depolymerisation Catalysed by Ruthenium Complexes of Tridentate Aminophosphine Ligands

(2015) José A. Fuentes et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Transition metal complexes with N-heterocyclic carbene ligands: From organometallic hydrogenation reactions toward water splitting

(2015) Simon Kaufhold et al.   COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS

A new class of PN3-pincer ligands for metal–ligand cooperative catalysis

(2015) Huaifeng Li et al.   COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS

Asymmetric Base-Free Michael Addition at Room Temperature with Nickel-Based Bifunctional Amido-Functionalized N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysts

(2015) Mitta Nageswar Rao et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Nickel N-heterocyclic carbene complexes and their utility in homogeneous catalysis

(2015) A.P. Prakasham et al.   INORGANICA CHIMICA ACTA

An insight into a base-free Michael addition reaction as catalyzed by a bifunctional nickel N-heterocyclic carbene complex using density functional theory studies

(2015) Madanakrishna Katari et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY

Bis-N-heterocyclic Carbene Aminopincer Ligands Enable High Activity in Ru-Catalyzed Ester Hydrogenation

(2015) Georgy A. Filonenko et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

New potential of the reductive alkylation of amines

(2015) K N Gusak et al.   RUSSIAN CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Mechanistic Studies on the Alkylation of Amines with Alcohols Catalyzed by a Bifunctional Iridium Complex

(2015) Agnieszka Bartoszewicz et al.   ACS Catalysis

Nickel: The “Spirited Horse” of Transition Metal Catalysis

(2015) Valentine P. Ananikov   ACS Catalysis

Recent advances in the use of chiral metal complexes with achiral ligands for application in asymmetric catalysis

(2015) Zhong-Yan Cao et al.   Catalysis Science & Technology

Benzimidazolin-2-ylidene N-heterocyclic carbene complexes of ruthenium as a simple catalyst for the N-alkylation of amines using alcohols and diols

(2015) Siah Pei Shan et al.   RSC Advances

Mechanistic study on the Cp*iridium-catalyzed N-alkylation of amines with alcohols

(2015) Guo-Ming Zhao et al.   RSC Advances

Unprecedented Iron-Catalyzed Ester Hydrogenation. Mild, Selective, and Efficient Hydrogenation of Trifluoroacetic Esters to Alcohols Catalyzed by an Iron Pincer Complex

(2014) Thomas Zell et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Iron-Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Esters to Alcohols

(2014) Philippe Dupau et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Hydrogenation of Esters to Alcohols with a Well-Defined Iron Complex

(2014) Svenja Werkmeister et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Ligand-Assisted Iron Catalysis in the Direct Functionalization of CH Bonds

(2014) Marko D. Mihovilovic et al.   ChemCatChem

Metal–ligand bifunctional reactivity and catalysis of protic N-heterocyclic carbene and pyrazole complexes featuring β-NH units

(2014) Shigeki Kuwata et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

The first used half sandwich ruthenium(II) complexes bearing benzimidazole moiety for N-alkylation of amines with alcohols

(2014) Serpil Demir et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY

Iron-Based Catalysts for the Hydrogenation of Esters to Alcohols

(2014) Sumit Chakraborty et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

An overview of N-heterocyclic carbenes

(2014) Matthew N. Hopkinson et al.   NATURE

Catalytic Hydrogenation of Low-Reactivity Carbonyl Groups Using Bifunc­tional Chiral Tridentate Ligands

(2014) Matthew Clarke   SYNLETT

An efficient homogeneous gold(I) catalyst for N-alkylation of amines with alcohols by hydrogen autotransfer

(2014) Hongwei Yang et al.   TETRAHEDRON

Iron catalysed direct alkylation of amines with alcohols

(2014) Tao Yan et al.   Nature Communications

Mechanistic Insights on Cooperative Catalysis through Computational Quantum Chemical Methods

(2014) Garima Jindal et al.   ACS Catalysis

Exploring Rhodium(I) Complexes [RhCl(COD)(PR3)] (COD = 1,5-Cyclooctadiene) as Catalysts for Nitrile Hydration Reactions in Water: The Aminophosphines Make the Difference

(2014) Eder Tomás-Mendivil et al.   ACS Catalysis

Terpene-Derived Bifunctional Thioureas in Asymmetric Organocatalysis

(2013) Senthil Narayanaperumal et al.   ChemCatChem

Quantifying and understanding the electronic properties of N-heterocyclic carbenes

(2013) David J. Nelson et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Hemilabile β-Aminophosphine Ligands Derived from 1,3,5-Triaza-7-phosphaadamantane: Application in Aqueous Ruthenium Catalyzed Nitrile Hydration

(2013) Wei-Chih Lee et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Practical Selective Hydrogenation of α-Fluorinated Esters with Bifunctional Pincer-Type Ruthenium(II) Catalysts Leading to Fluorinated Alcohols or Fluoral Hemiacetals

(2013) Takashi Otsuka et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Recent advances in C-heteroatom bond forming by asymmetric Michael addition

(2013) Majid M. Heravi et al.   MOLECULAR DIVERSITY

Recent contributions from the asymmetric aza-Michael reaction to alkaloids total synthesis

(2013) Zacharias Amara et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

Selective Alkylation of Amines with Alcohols by Cp*–Iridium(III) Half-Sandwich Complexes

(2013) Alexander Wetzel et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

A Bis(phosphaethenyl)pyridine Complex of Iridium(I): Synthesis and Catalytic Application to N-Alkylation of Amines with Alcohols

(2013) Yung-Hung Chang et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Mechanistic Investigations and Secondary Coordination Sphere Effects in the Hydration of Nitriles with [Ru(η6-arene)Cl2PR3] Complexes

(2013) Spring Melody M. Knapp et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Primary Amine Functionalized N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes of Iridium: Synthesis, Structure, and Catalysis

(2013) Wylie W. N. O et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

N-heterocyclic carbene transition metal complexes for catalysis in aqueous media

(2012) Heriberto Diaz Velazquez et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

A Highly Active Bifunctional Iridium Complex with an Alcohol/Alkoxide-Tethered N-Heterocyclic Carbene for Alkylation of Amines with Alcohols

(2012) Agnieszka Bartoszewicz et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Bifunctional Rhenium Complexes for the Catalytic Transfer-Hydrogenation Reactions of Ketones and Imines

(2012) Anne Landwehr et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Abnormal, mesoionic and remote N-heterocyclic carbene complexes

(2012) Robert H. Crabtree   COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS

Convenient and improved protocols for the hydrogenation of esters using Ru catalysts derived from (P,P), (P,N,N) and (P,N,O) ligands

(2012) Ian Carpenter et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Effect of chelating ring size in catalytic ketone hydrogenation: facile synthesis of ruthenium(ii) precatalysts containing an N-heterocyclic carbene with a primary amine donor for ketone hydrogenation and a DFT study of mechanisms

(2012) Hisashi Ohara et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Studies of the Electronic Properties of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands in the Context of Homogeneous Catalysis and Bioorganometallic Chemistry

(2012) Anuj Kumar et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Arene-Ruthenium(II) and Bis(allyl)-Ruthenium(IV) Complexes Containing 2-(Diphenylphosphanyl)pyridine Ligands: Potential Catalysts for Nitrile Hydration Reactions?

(2012) Rocío García-Álvarez et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Factors Favoring Efficient Bifunctional Catalysis. Study of a Ruthenium(II) Hydrogenation Catalyst Containing an N-Heterocyclic Carbene with a Primary Amine Donor

(2012) Wylie W. N. O et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Bifunctional Mechanism with Unconventional Intermediates for the Hydrogenation of Ketones Catalyzed by an Iridium(III) Complex Containing an N-Heterocyclic Carbene with a Primary Amine Donor

(2012) Wylie W. N. O et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Bifunctional Water Activation for Catalytic Hydration of Organonitriles

(2012) Prosenjit Daw et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Mechanism investigation of ketone hydrogenation catalyzed by ruthenium bifunctional catalysts: insights from a DFT study

(2012) Xin Zhang et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Ester Hydrogenation Catalyzed by a Ruthenium(II) Complex Bearing an N-Heterocyclic Carbene Tethered with an “NH2” Group and a DFT Study of the Proposed Bifunctional Mechanism

(2012) Wylie W. N. O et al.   ACS Catalysis

Catalytic Reductive Transformations of Carboxylic and Carbonic Acid Derivatives Using Molecular Hydrogen

(2012) Pavel A. Dub et al.   ACS Catalysis

Ester hydrogenation catalyzed by Ru-CNN pincer complexes

(2011) Yunshan Sun et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Recent advances in cooperative ion pairing in asymmetric organocatalysis

(2011) Jean-François Brière et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

β-Protic Pyrazole and N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes: Synthesis, Properties, and Metal-Ligand Cooperative Bifunctional Catalysis

(2011) Shigeki Kuwata et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Variable coordination of amine functionalised N-heterocyclic carbene ligands to Ru, Rh and Ir: C–H and N–H activation and catalytic transfer hydrogenation

(2011) Warren B. Cross et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Synthesis, Structures, and Transfer Hydrogenation Catalysis of Bifunctional Iridium Complexes Bearing a C-N Chelate Oxime Ligand

(2011) Megumi Watanabe et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Bifunctional nickel precatalysts of amido-functionalized N-heterocyclic carbenes for base-free Michael reaction under ambient conditions

(2011) Sachin Kumar et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY

Oxo-Tethered Ruthenium(II) Complex as a Bifunctional Catalyst for Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation and H2Hydrogenation

(2011) Taichiro Touge et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Experimental Investigations of a Partial Ru–O Bond during the Metal–Ligand Bifunctional Addition in Noyori-Type Enantioselective Ketone Hydrogenation

(2011) Satoshi Takebayashi et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Arene–Ruthenium(II) Complexes Containing Inexpensive Tris(dimethylamino)phosphine: Highly Efficient Catalysts for the Selective Hydration of Nitriles into Amides

(2011) Rocío García-Álvarez et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Iridium(I) Complexes with Hemilabile N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: Efficient and Versatile Transfer Hydrogenation Catalysts

(2011) M. Victoria Jiménez et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Mechanistic Investigation of the Hydrogenation of Ketones Catalyzed by a Ruthenium(II) Complex Featuring an N-Heterocyclic Carbene with a Tethered Primary Amine Donor: Evidence for an Inner Sphere Mechanism

(2011) Wylie W. N. O et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

New CNN-Type Ruthenium Pincer NHC Complexes. Mild, Efficient Catalytic Hydrogenation of Esters

(2011) Eran Fogler et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Exploring the role of phosphorus substituents on the enantioselectivity of Ru-catalysed ketone hydrogenation using tridentate phosphine-diamine ligands

(2011) Scott D. Phillips et al.   Catalysis Science & Technology

Chemistry ofConcertoMolecular Catalysis Based on the Metal/NH Bifunctionality

(2010) Takao Ikariya   BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN

The hydrogenation of molecules with polar bonds catalyzed by a ruthenium(ii) complex bearing a chelating N-heterocyclic carbene with a primary amine donor

(2010) Wylie W. N. O et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Frontiers in catalytic nitrile hydration: Nitrile and cyanohydrin hydration catalyzed by homogeneous organometallic complexes

(2010) Takiya J. Ahmed et al.   COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS

Fascinating frontiers of N/O-functionalized N-heterocyclic carbene chemistry: from chemical catalysis to biomedical applications

(2010) Alex John et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

First-row transition metal catalyzed reduction of carbonyl functionalities: a mechanistic perspective

(2010) Sumit Chakraborty et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Highly Reactive Bifunctional Chemical Catalysts for the Hydration of Nitriles

(2010) Toshiyuki Oshiki et al.   JOURNAL OF SYNTHETIC ORGANIC CHEMISTRY JAPAN

Arene−Ruthenium(II) Complexes Containing Amino−Phosphine Ligands as Catalysts for Nitrile Hydration Reactions

(2010) Rocío García-Álvarez et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

The Give and Take of Alcohol Activation

(2010) A. J. A. Watson et al.   SCIENCE

Asymmetric nitrile-hydration with bifunctional ruthenium catalysts bearing chiral N-sulfonyldiamine ligands

(2010) Shoko Kamezaki et al.   TETRAHEDRON-ASYMMETRY

Hydrogen Autotransfer in theN-Alkylation of Amines and Related Compounds using Alcohols and Amines as Electrophiles

(2009) Gabriela Guillena et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Nickel Complexes ofN/O-Functionalized N-Heterocyclic Carbenes as Precatalysts for Michael Reactions in Air at Room Temperature Under the Much Preferred Base-Free Conditions

(2009) Sriparna Ray et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Facile Bifunctional Addition of Lactones and Esters at Low Temperatures. The First Intermediates in Lactone/Ester Hydrogenations

(2009) Satoshi Takebayashi et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Transmetalation of a Primary Amino-Functionalized N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligand from an Axially Chiral Square-Planar Nickel(II) Complex to a Ruthenium(II) Precatalyst for the Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketones

(2009) Wylie W. N. O et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Rare [(NHC)2Ni-OH]-Type Terminal Nickel Hydroxo and [(NHC)2Ni]-Type Complexes ofN/O-Functionalized N-Heterocyclic Carbenes as Precatalysts for Highly Desirable Base-Free Michael Reactions in Air at Ambient Temperature

(2009) Manoja K. Samantaray et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

RhI-Catalyzed Hydration of Organonitriles under Ambient Conditions

(2008) Akihiro Goto et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Mechanism of Catalytic Hydration of Nitriles with Hydrotris(pyrazolyl)borato (Tp) Ruthenium Complexes

(2008) Chung Wing Leung et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Mechanism of Homogeneous Iridium-Catalyzed Alkylation of Amines with Alcohols from a DFT Study

(2008) David Balcells et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS