Catalysis organometallic compounds

B. Comils, W. A. Herrmann in Applied Homogeneous Catalysis with Organometallic Compounds (B. Cornils,... 

Kaminsky W, Arndt M (1996) Reactions of unsaturated compounds. In Cornils B, Herrmann WA (eds) Applied homogeneous catalysis with organometallic compounds, vol 1. VCH, Weinheim, p 220... 

Indeed, these reactions proceed at 25 °C in ethanol-aqueous media in the absence of transition metal catalysts. The ease with which P-H bonds in primary phosphines can be converted to P-C bonds, as shown in Schemes 9 and 10, demonstrates the importance of primary phosphines in the design and development of novel organophosphorus compounds. In particular, functionalized hydroxymethyl phosphines have become ubiquitous in the development of water-soluble transition metal/organometallic compounds for potential applications in biphasic aqueous-organic catalysis and also in transition metal based pharmaceutical development [53-62]. Extensive investigations on the coordination chemistry of hydroxymethyl phosphines have demonstrated unique stereospe-cific and kinetic propensity of this class of water-soluble phosphines [53-62]. Representative examples outlined in Fig. 4, depict bidentate and multidentate coordination modes and the unique kinetic propensity to stabilize various oxidation states of metal centers, such as Re( V), Rh(III), Pt(II) and Au(I), in aqueous media [53 - 62]. Therefore, the importance of functionalized primary phosphines in the development of multidentate water-soluble phosphines cannot be overemphasized. 

The review journal Fortschritte der Chemische Forschung has devoted two recent issues to organometallic topics. Volume 16, parts 3 and 4 surveys organometallic compounds in industry, and volume 25 is concerned with catalysis. Articles from these two compilations are listed in the Appendix. 

Dinjus, E., Fornika, R., Fitter, S., and Zevaco, T. (2002) Carbon dioxide as a Cl building block, in Applied Homogeneous Catalysis with Organometallic Compounds, vol. 3 (eds B. Comils and W.A. Herrmann), 2nd edn, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH, Weinheim, pp. 1189-1213. 

B. Comils and W. A. Herrmann, m Applied homogeneous catalysis with organometallic compounds a comprehensive handbook in three volumes,... 

Huthmacher, K. Krill, S. Reactions with Hydrogen Cyanide (Hydrocyanation). In Applied Homogeneous Catalysis with Organometallic Compounds Cornils, B., Herrmann, W. A., Eds. VCH Weinheim, Germany, 1996 pp 465-486. 

Applied Homogeneous Catalysis with Organometallic Compounds, ed. Boy Comils and Wolfgang A. Herrmann, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH, 2000, p 69ff... 

RW Fisher, F Rohrscheid. In B Cornils, WA Herrmann (eds). Applied Homogeneous Catalysis with Organometallic Compounds. Weinheim VCH, 1996, p 439. 

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