Hydrocarbons are readily available from inexpensive petrochemical and natural gas
feedstock and have been utilized as raw materials for the production of materials and energy …

The chemistry of binuclear palladium (II) and platinum (II) complexes has been reviewed.
This review deals with complexes derived from various classes of ligands and covers …

Enantiopure mono-cycloplatinated-[8] helicene and bis-cycloplatinated-[6] helicene
derivatives were prepared through column chromatography combined with crystallization of …

The review discusses the synthesis, structures and properties of transition metal and main-
group containing heterocyclopentadienes, with particular focus on …

The activation of Csingle bondX bonds in homogeneous systems is a relevant topic in
relation to important catalytic industrial processes involving organic substrates and …

We have recently reported a series of piano-stool ruthenium (II) complexes of the general
formula [RuCl2 (η6-arene)(P (1-pyrenyl) R2R3)] showing excellent cytotoxic activities …

Although four-coordinate square-planar geometries, with a formally 16-electron counting,
are absolutely dominant in isolated Pt (II) complexes, three-coordinate, 14-electron Pt (II) …

CÀH bond activation of hydrocarbons promoted by PtII complexes have been intensively
studied since Shilov s first report on the catalytic conversion of methane into methanol and …

[(CH3) 2Pt (μ-SMe2)] 2catalyzes the formation of aryl methyl ethers via selective C− F bond
activation of polyfluoroarylimines. This reaction is functional group tolerant and proceeds in …

The kinetic and NMR features of the protonolysis reactions on platinum (II) alkyl complexes
of the types cis-[PtMe2L2],[PtMe2 (LL)], cis-[PtMeClL2], and [PtMeCl (LL)](L= PEt3, P (Pri) 3 …