More than Bystanders: The Effect of Olefins on Transition‐Metal‐Catalyzed Cross‐Coupling Reactions

JB Johnson, T Rovis - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Olefins and alkynes are ubiquitous in transition‐metal catalysis, whether introduced by the
substrate, the catalyst, or as an additive. Whereas the impact of metals and ligands is …

Dinitrogen binding and cleavage by multinuclear iron complexes

SF McWilliams, PL Holland - Accounts of chemical research, 2015 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The iron–molybdenum cofactor of nitrogenase has unprecedented coordination
chemistry, including a high-spin iron cluster called the iron-molybdenum cofactor (FeMoco) …

Iron-catalysed reductive cross-coupling of glycosyl radicals for the stereoselective synthesis of C-glycosides

Q Wang, Q Sun, Y Jiang, H Zhang, L Yu, C Tian… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Stereochemically defined C-glycosides are prized for their biological activity. Developing a
catalytic method that comprises non-precious metals to synthesize these C-glycosides …

Regio-and stereoselective hydrosilylation of alkynes catalyzed by three-coordinate cobalt (I) alkyl and silyl complexes

Z Mo, J Xiao, Y Gao, L Deng - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
A three-coordinate cobalt (I) complex exhibits high catalytic efficiency and selectivity as well
as good functional group compatibility in alkyne hydrosilylation.[Co (IAd)(PPh3)(CH2TMS)] …

Z-Selective Alkene Isomerization by High-Spin Cobalt(II) Complexes

C Chen, TR Dugan, WW Brennessel… - Journal of the …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The isomerization of simple terminal alkenes to internal isomers with Z-stereochemistry is
rare, because the more stable E-isomers are typically formed. We show here that cobalt (II) …

Electronic structure and reactivity of three-coordinate iron complexes

PL Holland - Accounts of chemical research, 2008 - ACS Publications
The identity and oxidation state of the metal in a coordination compound are typically
thought to be the most important determinants of its reactivity. However, the coordination …

Reductive Elimination of H2 Activates Nitrogenase to Reduce the NN Triple Bond: Characterization of the E4(4H) Janus Intermediate in Wild-Type Enzyme

D Lukoyanov, N Khadka, ZY Yang… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
We proposed a reductive elimination/oxidative addition (re/oa) mechanism for reduction of
N2 to 2NH3 by nitrogenase, based on identification of a freeze-trapped intermediate of the α …

Gold η2-Coordination to Unsaturated and Aromatic Hydrocarbons: The Key Step in Gold-Catalyzed Organic Transformations

H Schmidbaur, A Schier - Organometallics, 2010 - ACS Publications
For a long time, π-complexes of gold in any of its oxidation states were considered elusive
species of uncertain stoichiometry, low stability, and limited relevance. The recent upsurge …

Tuning steric and electronic effects in transition-metal β-diketiminate complexes

C Chen, SM Bellows, PL Holland - Dalton Transactions, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
β-Diketiminates are widely used supporting ligands for building a range of metal complexes
with different oxidation states, structures, and reactivities. This Perspective summarizes the …

A cheap metal for a “noble” task: preparative and mechanistic aspects of cycloisomerization and cycloaddition reactions catalyzed by low-valent iron complexes

A Fürstner, K Majima, R Martin, H Krause… - Journal of the …, 2008 - ACS Publications
Reaction of ferrocene with lithium in the presence of either ethylene or COD allows the Fe
(0)-ate complexes 1 and 4 to be prepared on a large scale, which turned out to be excellent …