Soluble polymer-supported convergent synthesis has for the first time been successfully exploited for parallel library synthesis; sub-libraries of tripeptide iodoarenes and arylboronic acids reacted smoothly in a multipolymer PdII-catalyzed Suzuki coupling reaction to generate a library of bisaryl-linked hexapeptides.

This paper reports on a series of five chiral Schiff base push-pull compounds derived from enantiomerically pure (1R,2R)-(?)-1,2-diaminocyclohexane. The NiII, CuII, ZnII and PdII complexes supported by ferrocene-containing unsymmetrically-substituted N2O2 quadridentate ligand were prepared via template reactions isolated in 74–87 % yields. A combination EA, IR, UV/vis 1H/13C{1H} NMR spectroscop...

Stepwise construction of a 1D heterotrimetallic coordination polymer containing all three group 10 metal ions via an ammineplatinum(ii) metalloligand with d-penicillamine is reported. This system showed a significant enhancement in heterogeneous catalytic activity for electrochemical hydrogen evolution by the stepwise introduction of PdII and NiII into the PtII metalloligand.

Catalytic asymmetric oxidation-chemistry involving heteroatom transfer from a reagent to a substrate is perhaps unparalleled in synthetic utility for the construction of enantioenriched materials.[1] Conversely, there is a significant deficiency of asymmetric two-electron oxidations that do not involve heteroatom transfer. Some potentially valuable reactions of this type include the oxidation o...