N-doped graphene used as an efficient electron donor of iron catalysts for CO hydrogenation can achieve a high selectivity of around 50% for light olefins, significantly superior to the selectivity of iron catalysts on conventional carbon materials, e.g. carbon black with a selectivity of around 30% at the same reaction conditions.

Fifty years ago Ziegler and co-workers reported the Aufbaureaktion for alkylaluminum compounds.[1] This reaction involves a stepwise insertion of ethylene into the Al C bonds of, for example, triethylaluminum to give long-chain trialkylaluminum compounds [Eq. (1)]. Today, this chaingrowth reaction is commercially exploited for the synthesis of linear -olefins and primary alcohols from ethylene.[2]

The first highly regioselective and general osmium-catalyzed hydroformylation of olefins to aldehydes is reported. The combination of Os3(CO)12 and imidazoyl-substituted phosphine ligands allows n-selective (up to 99%) hydroformylation of bulk aliphatic as well as functional alkenes in good yields (64-87%).

The Co(II) complex of a new D 2-symmetric chiral porphyrin 3,5-DiMes-QingPhyrin, [Co(P6)], can catalyze asymmetric aziridination of alkenes with bis(2,2,2-trichloroethyl)phosphoryl azide (TcepN3) as a nitrene source. This new Co(II)-based metalloradical aziridination is suitable for different aromatic olefins, producing the corresponding N-phosphorylaziridines in good to excellent yields (up to...

A selective ring-closing metathesis (RCM) reaction for the formation of large macrocycles by using latent sulfur chelated ruthenium iodide benzylidenes, readily activated thermal and photochemical (UV-A visible light) stimuli, is reported. For dienes having one terminal alkene internal double bond, specific affinity diiodo alkylidenes unhindered terminus, combined with their reluctance to react...

Selective carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom bond cleavage was achieved in a one reaction system. With this strategy a novel Pd/Cu-catalyzed aerobic oxidative oxosulfonation of olefins with DMSO has been developed. Preliminary mechanistic investigations indicated that CO/O2 assisted the bond cleavage and the leaving groups from the starting materials were trapped by O2 and underwent a hydroxyl...

The catalyst containing 80%Co/20%Ce/15wt%SiO2 was prepared using fusion procedure and studied for the conversion of synthesis gas to light olefins. The effect of a range of operating variables such as the pressure, temperature and H2/CO molar feed ratio on the catalytic performance of fused catalyst was investigated. It was found that the best operating conditions are H2/CO=2/1, T=350 ̊C and P=2...

The Front Cover shows a coarse solid residue particle, originating from the gasification of biomass, which acts as catalyst to produce high-value chemicals, such olefins, mixtures H2, CO, and CO2. heart developed material are nanoparticles, consisting iron carbides metal, together with some alkali elements, sodium potassium. latter elements act promotors boost production light olefins. This app...