One nanometre wide carbon nanoreactors are utilised as the reaction vessel for catalytic chemical reactions on a preparative scale. Sub-nanometre ruthenium catalytic particles which are encapsulated solely within single-walled carbon nanotubes offering a unique reaction environment are shown to be active when embedded in a supercritical CO2 continuous flow reactor. A range of hydrogenation reac...

A bis(phosphine)/triflatosilyl pincer-type Rh(i) complex can reversibly store one equivalent of H2 across the Si-Rh bond upon triflate migration from silicon to rhodium. The triflatosilyl complex serves as an effective precatalyst for norbornene hydrogenation, but Si-OTf bond cleavage is not implicated in the major catalytic pathway. The combined findings suggest possible strategies for M/Si co...

A single-atom Ni catalyst is utilized for the first time in catalytic transfer hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol.

The catalytic reduction of carboxylic acid derivatives has witnessed a rapid development in recent years. These reactions, involving molecular hydrogen as the reducing agent, can be promoted by heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysts. The milestone achievements and recent results by both approaches are discussed in this Review. In particular, we focus on the mechanistic aspects of the catalytic...

Complexes [Rh(cod)(degusR)]ClO4, where cod is 1,5-cyclooctadiene and degusR represents the homochiral dithioethers (R,R)-1-benzyl-3,4-bis(methylsulfanyl)pyrrolidine, (R,R)-1-benzyl-3,4-bis(isopropylsulfanyl)pyrrolidine and (R,R)-1-benzyl-3,4bis(phenylsulfanyl)pyrrolidine were prepared and characterized. Their reactivity with CO and PPh3 was investigated. The complexes were assayed as catalysts ...

Catalytic asymmetric hydrogenation of N-Boc-protected pyrroles proceeded with high enantioselectivity by using a ruthenium catalyst modified with a trans-chelating chiral bisphosphine PhTRAP. The ruthenium catalyst prepared from Ru(eta3-methallyl)2(cod) and (S,S)-(R,R)-PhTRAP in the presence of triethylamine was the most enantioselective for the asymmetric hydrogenation of methyl pyrrole-2-carb...

Os conhecidos hidretos de irídio(III) [IrH2(NCMe)3(PiPr3)]BF4, [IrH(h-C3H5)(NCMe)2(PiPr3)] BF4, [IrH(E-CH=CHPh)(NCMe)3(PiPr3)]BF4 e [IrH{C(Ph)=CH2}(NCMe)3(PiPr3)]BF4, derivados do precursor catalítico tipo Crabtree [Ir(cod)(NCMe)(PiPr3)]BF4, foram investigados em reações com substratos tipicamente envolvidos na catálise homogênea de hidrogenação. Novos complexos como as espécies tris-etileno ir...