Recent Advances in Synergistic Catalysis by Merging N-Heterocyclic Carbenes and Transition Metals

The use of CO2 as a C1 building block for chemical synthesis is receiving growing attention, due to the potential of this simple molecule as an abundant and cheap renewable feedstock. Among the possible reductants used in the literature to bring about CO2 reduction to C1 derivatives, hydroboranes have found various applications, in the presence of suitable homogenous catalysts. The current minireview article summarizes the main results obtained since 2016 in the synthetic design of main group, first and second row transition metals for use as catalysts for CO2 hydroboration.

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Transition metal-catalyzed synthesis of spirooxindoles

RSC Advances ◽

10.1039/d1ra00139f ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (13) ◽

pp. 7146-7179

Author(s):

P. V. Saranya ◽

Mohan Neetha ◽

Thaipparambil Aneeja ◽

Gopinathan Anilkumar

Keyword(s):

Transition Metal ◽

Transition Metals ◽

Antimicrobial Agents ◽

Recent Advances ◽

Transition Metal Catalyzed ◽

Metal Catalyzed

Spirooxindoles are used as anticancer-, antiviral-, antimicrobial agents etc. The use of transition metals as catalysts for the synthesis of spirooxindoles is advancing rapidly. Here, we focus on recent advances in transition metal-catalyzed synthesis of spirooxindoles.

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PtNiFe Nanoalloys with Co-existence of Energy-optimized Active surfaces for Synergistic Catalysis of Oxygen Reduction and Evolution

Journal of Materials Chemistry A ◽

10.1039/d1ta03048e ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

wei yang ◽

Wenbin Gong ◽

Yanhong Shi ◽

Xiaona Wang ◽

Yulian Wang ◽

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Keyword(s):

Transition Metals ◽

Oxygen Reduction Reaction ◽

Oxygen Reduction ◽

Oxygen Evolution ◽

Oxygen Evolution Reaction ◽

Reduction Reaction ◽

Synergistic Catalysis ◽

Active Surfaces

Platinum nanocatalysts mediated by 3d transition metals show improved activity for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) but poor activity for oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Herein, we report the preparation of a...

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Recent advances in catalytic hydrosilylation of carbonyl groups mediated by well-defined first-row late transition metals

Advances in Organometallic Chemistry ◽

10.1016/bs.adomc.2019.02.001 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 59-102 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Beatriz Royo

Keyword(s):

Transition Metals ◽

Carbonyl Groups ◽

Late Transition Metals ◽

Recent Advances ◽

Late Transition ◽

Catalytic Hydrosilylation

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Organometallic complexes of first-row transition metals: Some recent advances

Pure and Applied Chemistry ◽

10.1351/pac196817020235 ◽

1968 ◽

Vol 17 (2) ◽

pp. 235-252 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

P. L. Pauson

Keyword(s):

Transition Metals ◽

Organometallic Complexes ◽

Recent Advances

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Recent advances in N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-catalysed benzoin reactions

Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry ◽

10.3762/bjoc.12.47 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

pp. 444-461 ◽

Cited By ~ 157

Author(s):

Rajeev S Menon ◽

Akkattu T Biju ◽

Vijay Nair

Keyword(s):

Rapid Growth ◽

Heterocyclic Carbenes ◽

Organic Transformations ◽

Carbon Bond ◽

Bond Forming ◽

Recent Advances ◽

Carbon Carbon Bond ◽

Bond Forming Reactions

N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) have emerged as a powerful class of organocatalysts that mediate a variety of organic transformations. The Benzoin reaction constitutes one of the earliest known carbon–carbon bond-forming reactions catalysed by NHCs. The rapid growth of NHC catalysis in general has resulted in the development of a variety of benzoin and benzoin-type reactions. An overview of such NHC-catalysed benzoin reactions is presented.

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