Hydrodesulfurization of Dibenzothiophene Catalyzed by Supported Metal Carbonyl Complexes.

Organic reactions catalyzed by rhenium carbonyl complexes.

Mesoporous Silica-Supported Amidozirconium-Catalyzed Carbonyl Hydroboration

The hydroboration of aldehydes and ketones using a silica-supported zirconium catalyst is reported. Reaction of Zr(NMe2)4 and mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSN) provides the catalytic material Zr(NMe2)n@MSN. Exhaustive characterization of Zr(NMe2)n@MSN with solid-state (SS)NMR and infrared spectroscopy, as well as through reactivity studies, suggests its surface structure is primarily ≡SiOZr...

Transition metal-catalyzed reduction of carbonyl compounds

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Isolable, gold carbonyl complexes supported by N-heterocyclic carbenes.

Cationic gold carbonyl complexes supported by N-heterocyclic carbene ligands, SIDipp and IDipp, have been synthesized. [(SIDipp)Au(CO)][SbF(6)] has a linear, two-coordinate gold center. [(SIDipp)Au(CO)][SbF(6)] and [(IDipp)Au(CO)][SbF(6)] display ̃ν(CO) values at 2197 and 2193 cm(-1), respectively. Computational studies on [(SIMe)Au(CO)](+) indicate the presence of a strong Au(I)-CO bond.

Mechanism and Site Requirements of Thiophene Hydrodesulfurization Catalyzed by Supported Pt Clusters

Hydrodesulfurization (HDS) processes remove sulfur atoms from hydrocarbons by chemical reduction to hydrogen sulfide using H2 with transition metals and their sulfides as catalysts. Mechanistic and structural insights, concerning reaction pathways and catalysts, respectively, are required to design more effective HDS catalysts, with higher rates at lower H2 pressures, so as to meet emerging req...