Selective functionalization of unactivated C–H bonds, water oxidation, and dioxygen
reduction are extremely important reactions in the context of finding energy carriers and …

Nickel plays an important role in areas as diverse as metallurgy, magnetism and biology as
well as in chemical applications such as the catalytic transformation of organic substrates …

Nickel has been found in some metalloproteins that execute catalytic aerobic oxygenation
reactions in which nickel–dioxygen species are proposed as the key catalytic species. Thus …

The easily electronically and sterically tunable β-diketiminates are widely used auxiliary
ligands for the creation of a wide range of metal complexes with various oxidation states in …

Transition-metal complexes of O2 and N2 play an important role in the environment,
chemical industry, and metalloenzymes. This Perspective compares and contrasts the …

Redox-inactive metal ions that function as Lewis acids play pivotal roles in modulating the
reactivity of oxygen-containing metal complexes and metalloenzymes, such as the oxygen …

The activation and selective transformation of virtually inexhaustible or easy-to-generate
chemicals like N2, O2, CO2, CO, H2, or methane gas to value-added products is a lively …

Nickel-catalyzed cross-coupling and photoredox catalytic reactions has found widespread
utilities in organic synthesis. Redox processes are key intermediate steps in many catalytic …

Small-molecule activation by transition metals is essential to numerous organic
transformations, both biological and industrial. Creating useful metal-mediated activation …

Targeting selective hydroxylation under mild conditions of saturated hydrocarbons has
become a challenging and exciting scientific area that has drawn larger attention in recent …