A chiral Zn(II)–salen complex tethered with poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) was synthesized. This soluble polymer-supported complex was found to catalyze the asymmetric addition of diethylzinc to a series of aromatic aldehydes in good yields and with good enantiomeric ratio (er). The PEG-supported catalyst could be recycled and reused up to three times. The reactivity and selectivity of the catalys...

An efficient three-component reaction of indole, aldehyde, and malononitrile in water catalyzed by a copper(II) sulfonato Salen complex afforded 3-indole derivatives in good to excellent yields up to 97%.

Highly enantioselective and good to high-yielding aziridination of conjugated and non-conjugated terminal olefins and cyclic olefins was achieved using a newly designed Ru(CO)(salen) complex as the catalyst in the presence of SESN(3) under mild conditions.

CPL active enantiopure zinc(ii) complexes based on the first tetradentate salen ligands surrounded by [4]helicene moieties and chiral 1,2-cyclohexane-diamine are reported.

Die CuI-Salze [Cu(CH3CN)4]PF und [Cu(oDFB)2]PF mit dem sehr schwach koordinierenden Anion Al(OC(CF3)3)4− (PF), sowie [Cu(NEt3)2]PF einzigartigen, linearen Bis-Triethylamin-Komplex [Cu(NEt3)2]+ wurden synthetisiert als Katalysatoren für die Umwandlung von Monophenolen zu o-Chinonen untersucht. Aktivitäten dieser bei der Monooxygenierung 2,4-Di-tert-butylphenol (DTBP-H) denen [Cu(CH3CN)4]X-Salze ...

A series of salen-type zirconium complexes of the general formula LZrCl2 (L = N,N 0-ethylenebis(salicylideneiminate), 3a; N, N 0-ethylenebis(3,5-di-tert-butylsalicylideneiminate), 3b; N,N 0-ethylenebis(5-methoxysalicylideneiminate), 3c; N,N 0-ethylenebis(5chlorosalicylideneiminate), 3d; N,N 0-ethylenebis(5-nitrosalicylideneiminate), 3e; N,N 0-o-phenylenebis(salicylideneiminate), 4a; N,N 0-o-phe...

Four isomorphic tetranuclear lanthanide complexes, namely [Ln4(L)2(HL)2(NO3)2(OH)2](NO3)2·4H2O (Ln = Dy (1); Tb (2); Ho (3); Er (4)), constructed using hexadentate salen-type ligand N,N'-bis(3-methoxy-salicylidene)cyclohexane-1,2-diamine, have been isolated. X-ray crystallographic analysis reveals that all of the complexes 1-4 are of discrete tetranuclear structure with a unique {Ln4O8} core in...