Nickel-catalyzed direct arylation of C(sp3)-H bonds in aliphatic amides via bidentate-chelation assistance.

The Ni-catalyzed, direct arylation of C(sp(3))-H (methyl and methylene) bonds in aliphatic amides containing an 8-aminoquinoline moiety as a bidentate dire...

Y Aihara，N Chatani - 《Journal of the American Chemical Society》

Unprecedented Iron‐Catalyzed Ester Hydrogenation. Mild, Selective, and Efficient Hydrogenation of Trifluoroacetic Esters to Alcohols Catalyzed by an Iron ...

The synthetically important, environmentally benign hydrogenation of esters to alcohols has been accomplished in recent years only with precious-metal-base...

T Zell，Y Ben-David，D Milstein - 《Angewandte Chemie》

A Brnsted Acid Catalyzed Redox Arylation

A Brnsted acid catalyzed redox arylation of ynamides that employs aryl sulfoxides as the arylating agents is reported. This metal-free transformation proce...

B Peng，X Huang，LG Xie，... - 《Angew Chem Int Ed Engl》

Rhodium‐Catalyzed Ketone Methylation Using Methanol Under Mild Conditions: Formation of α‐Branched Products

The rhodium-catalyzed methylation of ketones has been accomplished using methanol as the methylating agent and the hydrogen-borrowing method. The sequence ...

LKM Chan，DL Poole，S Di，... - 《Angewandte Chemie》

Oxidant-free conversion of cyclic amines to lactams and H2 using water as the oxygen atom source.

Direct conversion of cyclic amines to lactams utilizing water as the only reagent is catalyzed by pincer complex 2. In contrast to previously known methods...

JR Khusnutdinova，Y Ben-David，D Milstein - 《Journal of the American Chemical Society》

Iron catalysed direct alkylation of amines with alcohols

The selective conversion of carbon–oxygen bonds into carbon–nitrogen bonds to form amines is one of the most important chemical transformations for the p...

Y Tao，BL Feringa，K Barta - 《Nature Communications》

Hydrogenation and Dehydrogenation Iron Pincer Catalysts Capable of Metal–Ligand Cooperation by Aromatization/Dearomatization

Review: 58 refs.

T Zell，D Milstein - 《Acc Chem Res》

Amide synthesis from alcohols and amines catalyzed by a RuII–N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)–carbonyl complex

Treatment of [Ru2(CO)4(CH3CN)6](BF4)2 with 3-methyl-1-(pyridin-2-yl)-imidazolium bromide in the presence of tetrabutylammonium bromide at room temperature ...

Biswajit，Saha，Gargi，... - 《Journal of Organometallic Chemistry》

Hydrogenation and Dehydrogenation Iron Pincer Catalysts Capable of Metal Ligand Cooperation by Aromatization/Dearomatization

CONSPECTUS: The substitution of expensive and pote

Zell，Thomas，Milstein，... - 《Accounts of Chemical Research》

Highly efficient, general hydrogenation of aldehydes catalyzed by PNP iron pincer complexes

A general protocol for the synthetically and industrially important hydrogenation of aldehydes to alcohols is reported. The reactions are catalyzed by well-defined iron pincer complexes that are capable of hydrogenation of aliphatic and ...

T Zell，Y Ben-David，D Milstein - 《Catalysis Science & Technology》