Fundamentals of H2 Binding and Reactivity on Transition Metals Underlying Hydrogenase Function and H2 Production and Storage

GJ Kubas - Chemical reviews, 2007 - ACS Publications
Formation of stable iron hydrides on more nucleophilic (electron-rich) metal centers than
those found in hydrogenases with CO ligands would inhibit or at least slow down function …

Dihydrogen complexation

RH Crabtree - Chemical Reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Dihydrogen complexation with retention of the H–H bond, once an exotic concept, has by
now appeared in a very wide range of contexts. Three structural types are currently …

The mechanism of enantioselective ketone reduction with Noyori and Noyori–Ikariya bifunctional catalysts

PA Dub, JC Gordon - Dalton Transactions, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
The catalytic hydrogenation of prochiral ketones with second and third-row transition metal
complexes bearing chelating chiral ligands containing at least one N–H functionality has …

Hydrogen and dihydrogen bonds in the reactions of metal hydrides

NV Belkova, LM Epstein, OA Filippov… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The dihydrogen bond an interaction between a transition-metal or main-group hydride (M
H) and a protic hydrogen moiety (H X) is arguably the most intriguing type of hydrogen …

Synthetic models for the active site of the [FeFe]-hydrogenase: catalytic proton reduction and the structure of the doubly protonated intermediate

ME Carroll, BE Barton, TB Rauchfuss… - Journal of the American …, 2012 - ACS Publications
This report compares biomimetic hydrogen evolution reaction catalysts with and without the
amine cofactor (adtNH): Fe2 (adtNH)(CO) 2 (dppv) 2 (1 NH) and Fe2 (pdt)(CO) 2 (dppv) 2 …

On the Mechanism of B(C6F5)3-Catalyzed Direct Hydrogenation of Imines: Inherent and Thermally Induced Frustration

TA Rokob, A Hamza, A Stirling… - Journal of the American …, 2009 - ACS Publications
The reaction mechanism for the transition metal free direct hydrogenation of bulky imines
catalyzed by the Lewis acid B (C6F5) 3 is investigated in detail by quantum chemical …

Heterolytic Cleavage of Dihydrogen by “Frustrated Lewis Pairs” Comprising Bis (2, 4, 6‐tris (trifluoromethyl) phenyl) borane and Amines: Stepwise versus Concerted …

Z Lu, Z Cheng, Z Chen, L Weng, ZH Li… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, the chemistry of “frustrated Lewis pairs”(FLPs), which was introduced by the
research groups of Stephan and Erker, has received considerable attention.[1, 2] One of the …

Protonation of transition-metal hydrides: a not so simple process

M Besora, A Lledós, F Maseras - Chemical Society Reviews, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
The protonation of a transition-metal hydride is a formally simple process between a proton
donor and a proton acceptor with several potential basic centres. The detailed mechanism is …

Assessing ligand and counterion effects in the noble metal catalyzed cycloisomerization reactions of 1, 6-allenynes: a combined experimental and theoretical …

F Jaroschik, A Simonneau, G Lemiere, K Cariou… - ACS …, 2016 - ACS Publications
1, 6-Allenynes are useful mechanistic probes in noble-metal catalysis, since they can give
rise to very distinct products in a highly selective fashion. Various cycloisomerization …

Hydroamination of alkynes with ammonia: Unforeseen role of the gold (I) catalyst

G Kovács, A Lledós, G Ujaque - Angewandte Chemie, 2011 - infona.pl
Zwei Schlüsselfaktoren bedingen die Effizienz eines Gold (I)‐Ligand‐Katalysators in der
Hydroaminierung von Alkinen mit Ammoniak. Einerseits unterstützt ein Überschuss des …