A novel strategy for catalytic oxidation of a variety of benzylic, allylic, propargylic, and aliphatic alcohols to the corresponding aldehydes or ketones has been successfully developed.
An anion-assisted hydrolytic H2-releasing ultra-high performance system involving ammonia borane and a CoP nanoparticle catalyst has been established under ambient conditions.
Highly efficient and recyclable thermoregulated phase-separable Rhnano catalysts applied for the selective hydrogenation of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes and ketones are presented.