Though N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) have emerged as diverse and powerful discrete
functional molecules in pharmaceutics, nanotechnology, and catalysis over decades, the …

N-methylamine functionalities are valuable motifs, which play vital roles in the properties
and activities of essential fine and bulk chemicals including molecules used in life science …

Methanol is a fundamental feedstock and is widely used in the chemical and petroleum
industries. It can serve as a C1 source to make a variety of C–C and C–N bond formation …

α-Hydroxy acids have attracted broad attention because of their prevalence in bioactive
molecules and biodegradable polymers, but their conventional syntheses are usually …

Methanol is a potential hydrogen source and C1 synthon, which finds interesting
applications in both chemical synthesis and energy technologies. The effective utilization of …

The acceptorless dehydrogenation of diverse aromatic and aliphatic primary alcohols to
corresponding carboxylic acids has been accomplished by self-supported NHC-Ru single …

A new strategy for the synthesis of N′, N′-methylaliphatic acylhydrazides from
acylhydrazones via transfer hydrogenation/N-methylation with methanol as both the …

The synthesis of mono‐N‐methylated aliphatic primary amines has traditionally been
challenging, requiring noble metal catalysts and high‐pressure H2 for achieving satisfactory …

A Cp* Ir complex bearing a flexible and functional 6, 6′-(OH) 2-2, 2′-dipyridylamine ligand
was designed, synthesized and found to be a general and efficient catalyst for the synthesis …

The sustainable and affordable synthesis of (deuterated) N-methyl/ethyl amines directly from
nitroarenes is disclosed. The reaction is catalyzed by a single-site manganese catalyst and …