Organometallic catalysis complexes

The field of homogeneous catalysis deals primarily with the organometallic complex catalysis, besides organocatalysis, which is at present experiencing a renaissance [9]. One problem of most of the transition-metal complexes used today is a need for anaerobic reaction conditions, and this is why many conventional possibilities of kinetic investigations are restricted in their application. 

Organometallic complex catalysis substrate activation via coordinative interaction [4]... 

Wache, S. (1995) Organometallic complex catalysis in water. 2. Water-soluble organoruthenium(iv) catalysts for the emulsion polymerization of norbomene, J. Organomet. Chem., 494,235-40. 

A concise summary of chemistry of technologically important reactions catalysed by organometallic complexes in solution. Cornils B and Herrmann W A (eds) 1996 Applied Homogeneous Catalysis with Organometallio Compounds (Weinheim VCH) A two-volume, multiauthored account with emphasis on industrial applications. 

Applied Homogeneous Catalysis with Organometallic Complexes, (B. Cornils and W. A. Herrmann eds.), VCH, Weinheim, 1996. 

One key aspect of SOMC is the determination of the structure of surface complexes at a molecular level one of the reasons being that our goal is to assess structure-activity relationships in heterogeneous catalysis, which requires a firm characterization of active sites or more exactly active site precursors. While elemental analysis is an essential first step to understand how the organometallic complex reacts with the support, it is necessary to gather spectroscopic data in order to understand what are the ligands and... 

A. Behr. 2003. Organometallic complexes and homogeneous catalysis. In Ullmann s encyclopaedia of industrial chemistry, 429. 6th ed., Vol. 24. Weinheim Wiley-VHC. 

While breaking of the carbon-to-phosphorus bond is a nuisance in catalysis with organometallic complexes, the breaking of carbon-to-nitrogen and -to-sulfur bonds is a desired reaction in the oil industry. Hydrodenitrification (HDN) and hydrodesulfurisation (HDS) are carried out on a large scale in order to remove nitrogen and sulfur from the fuel feedstocks. 

Fig. 1 Organometallic cartridge catalysis. A selection from a variety of transition metal complex catalysed conversions of substrates S,- with different reagents to the desired product Pix is possible using a single catalyst batch with the same apparatus and separation techniques...

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