Staudinger predicted a correlation between the physical properties of a polymer and its main-
chain stereochemistry as early as 1929. 1 However it was not until 1947 that Schildknecht …

Palladium-catalyzed transformations have seen a fascinating development in recent years
after being for a long time in silence as a “sleeping beauty”. 1 The importance of Pd in …

The completely revised third edition of this four-volume classic is fully updated and now
includes such topics as as CH-activation and multicomponent reactions. It describes the …

The alternating copolymerization of carbon monoxide and olefins is a reaction that transition
metal complexes, generally containing palladium, catalyze in different phase variation …

Carbon monoxide can be copolymerized with several unsaturated hydrocarbon monomers
to yield polyketones. Linear copolymers of olefins (particularly ethylene) and carbon …

A new highly active and selective catalyst for the synthesis of β-lactones from CO and
epoxides is reported. The catalyst,[(N, N '-bis (3, 5-di-tert-butylsalicylidene) …

Versatile Indole Synthesis by a 5-endo-dig Cyclization Mediated by Potassium or Cesium
Bases We thank the DFG (Leibniz-Programm) and the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie for …

Dimeric zinc complex 2a [= Et2Zn2 (1a) 2] has been synthesized by the reaction of Et2Zn
and (S)-diphenyl (pyrrolidin-2-yl) methanol (1a-H). X-ray crystallography revealed that the …

The reaction steps responsible for the highly enantioselective asymmetric copolymerization
of propene with carbon monoxide catalyzed by a cationic Pd (II) complex bearing an …

Stereoselective alternating copolymerization of carbon monoxide with various alkenes is
reviewed. Using Pd (II) complexes of chiral ligands, completely alternating, isotactic, and …