Transition-metal hydride complexes are plenteous in organometallic chemistry. The
reactivity of metal hydrides is determined by three possible pathways of M–H bond …

The catalytic reactivity of the metal center to H 2 and the stability of the metal-hydride
intermediate are vital for enhancing the CO 2 hydrogenation efficiency. It was found that …

A novel N‐hetero‐RhI‐metallacyclic silanone 2 has been synthesized. The silanone 2,
showing an extremely large dimerization energy (ΔG=+ 86.2 kcal mol− 1), displays …

Ylide-substituted phosphines (YPhos) have been shown to be excellent ligands for several
transition metal catalyzed reactions. Investigations of the coordination behavior of the YPhos …

Reaction of a four coordinate, 16-electron Ir complex,[Ir (iPr) 4 (POCOP)(PPh 3)](4)((iPr) 4
(POCOP= 2, 6-bis (di-isopropyl phosphinito) benzene, κ 3-C 6 H 3-1, 3-[OP (iPr) 2] 2), with H …

Advances in processing capabilities of computer clusters have allowed for the full modeling
of organometallic complexes that previously would have been simplified to reduce …

The chemistry of pincer complexes started from the pioneering studies in the 1970s by the
Nelson and the Shaw groups on the metal complexes arising from tridentate ligands in a …

This thesis describes efforts to develop new pre-catalysts for the hydrogenation of
challenging carbonyl substrates, including esters and amides. We seek to understand the …

This thesis describes the synthesis, characterization, and reactivity of transition metal
complexes, with a focus on enabling sustainable partial oxidations of organic chemicals …