The field of organometallic catalysis has attracted considerable interest from both academia
and industry due to its broad applications in synthetic transformations. Pd, Ni, Rh, and Ir …

1. INTRODUCTION A timely subtitle to this Review focused on conversions of isocyanides at
metal centers could have been “a platinum jubilee of the first metal-mediated reaction …

Nickel hydride complexes, defined herein as any molecules bearing a nickel hydrogen
bond, are crucial intermediates in numerous nickel-catalyzed reactions. Some of them are …

Nitriles are ubiquitous versatile building blocks in organic synthesis. Common reactions of
nitriles include the transformation of cyano groups into carbonyl and amine moieties. The …

A catalytic protocol to convert aryl and heteroaryl chlorides to the corresponding
trifluoromethyl sulfides is reported herein. It relies on a relatively inexpensive Ni (cod) 2/dppf …

Metal alkynyl complexes hold a fascination for synthetic chemists, structural chemists, and
materials scientists alike. Harnessing the unique overlap of metal and carbon orbitals is a …

The implementation of HCN-free transfer hydrocyanation reactions on laboratory scales has
recently been achieved by using HCN donor reagents under nickel-and Lewis acid co …

The selective hydrogenation of nitriles to primary amines using a bench-stable cobalt
precatalyst under 4 atm of H2 is reported herein. The catalyst precursor was reduced in situ …

The activation and cleavage of C–C single bonds mediated by transition metal complexes is
one of the most challenging reactions, both practically and in terms of understanding, in the …

Nickel PCP-pincer hydride complexes catalyze chemoselective hydrosilylation of C O
bonds of aldehydes and ketones in the presence of other functional groups. The mechanism …