Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis

The outstanding performances of five-membered NHC ligands in organometallic chemistry and catalysis prompted Grubbs and co-workers to develop a novel stable four-membered NHC [64]. Following their interest in developing new ruthenium olefin metathesis catalysts, they synthesised and fully characterised complex 51 to study the impact of the architecturally unique NHC ligand on the activity of the Ru-based catalyst [65] (Fig. 3.20). In the RCM of 1 at 40°C in CH Cl with 51 (5 mol% catalyst), the reaction reached completion within 20 min, whereas less than 10 min are required for standard catalysts 14 and 16. It should be noted that catalysts 14 and 16 are able to complete the RCM of 1 with only 1 mol% catalyst at 30°C. 

B. Chaudret, in C. Coperet, B. Chaudret (eds.) Surface and Interfacial Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis Topics in Organometallic Chemistry, Springer, Verlag 16, 2005, 233. 

P. G. Pringle, D. Brewin, M. B. Smith, K. Worboys, in Aqueous Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis,... 

A. Romeroso, T. Campos-Malpartida, M. Serrano-Ruiz, and M Peruzzini, Proc. Dalton Discussion 6, Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis, York, UK, 2003, Poster 15. 

Horvath, I. T. Joo, F. Eds. Aqueous Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis, NATO ASI Series, Kluwer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 1995. 

Cotton, F. A., Wilkinson, G., Murillo, C. A., and Bochmann, M. (1999). Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, 6th ed. Wiley, New York. One of the great books in inorganic chemistry. It also contains a great deal of material on organometallic chemistry and catalysis. 

Pringle, P.G., Brewin, D., and Smith, M.B., Metal-catalyzed hydrophosphination as a route to water-soluble phosphines, in Aqueous Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis, Vol. 5, Horvath, I.T. and Joo, F., Eds., Kluwer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 1995, p. 111. 

Whyman R. Applied Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001. 

Abstract The purpose of this chapter is to present a survey of the organometallic chemistry and catalysis of rhodium and iridium related to the oxidation of organic substrates that has been developed over the last 5 years, placing special emphasis on reactions or processes involving environmentally friendly oxidants. Iridium-based catalysts appear to be promising candidates for the oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes/ketones as products or as intermediates for heterocyclic compounds or domino reactions. Rhodium complexes seem to be more appropriate for the oxygenation of alkenes. In addition to catalytic allylic and benzylic oxidation of alkenes, recent advances in vinylic oxygenations have been focused on stoichiometric reactions. This review offers an overview of these reactions... 

E. A. Broger, R. Schmid, Y. Crameri, M. Lalonde, A. Meili, and G. Schoettel, in Reprints NATO ARW on Aqueous Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis , Debrecen, Hungary, 29 Aug.- 1 Sept. 1994. 

He has published over 200 papers and patents in the areas of organometallic chemistry and catalysis, coordination chemistry and semiconductor precursors. He is the author of two teaching texts in organometallic chemistry and co-author of the inorganic chemistry textbook Cotton, Wilkinson, Murillo and Bochmann, Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, 6th ed. In 2002 he was awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry Prize for Organometallic Chemistry. 

Ed. 2003, 42, 452-456 Book D. Astruc, Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis, Springer, Heidelberg 2007. 

Kirchner, K. and Weissensteiner, W., Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis, Springer, New York, 2001. Spessard, G.O. and Miessler, G.L., Organometallic Chemistry, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, 1997. Thayer, J.S., Environmental Chemistry of the Heavy Elements Hydrido and Organo Compounds, VCH, New York, 1995. 

Astruc, D. (2007). Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis. New York Springer. Originally published in French. 

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