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Carbene Complexes of Heme Proteins and Iron Porphyrin Models
The possible formation of carbene complexes of cytochromes P450 enzymes in various metabolisms of xenobiotics is first described. In view of these...
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Ferrocene–Peptide Bioconjugates
This chapter sketches an outline of ferrocene–peptide bioconjugates. A variety of ferrocene–peptide bioconjugates have been designed to induce...
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Catalytic Nickel–Iron–Sulfur Clusters: From Minerals to Enzymes
The geochemical theory of the origin of life proposes that primordial, pre-biotic reactions were carried out in a metal-sulfide-rich environment...
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Sequentially Palladium-Catalyzed Processes
Sequentially palladium-catalyzed reactions consist of combinations of identical, related, or significantly different palladium-catalyzed processes...
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Arylation Reactions via C-H Bond Cleavage
Various carbon nucleophiles having acidic C–H bonds, including active methylene compounds, ketones, aldehydes, esters, and so on, are arylated with...
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Chiral Diaminocarbene Complexes, Synthesis and Application in Asymmetric Catalysis
The synthetic routes to optically pure N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complexes and their application in asymmetric catalysis is reviewed. Chiral...
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Non-covalent Immobilization of Catalysts Based on Chiral Diazaligands
The immobilization of chiral catalysts through non-covalent methods, as opposed to covalent immobilization, allows an easier preparation of chiral...
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Oxide- and Zeolite-supported “Molecular” Metal Clusters: Synthesis, Structure, Bonding, and Catalytic Properties
This review is a summary of supported metal clusters with nearly molecular properties. These clusters are formed by adsorption or surface-mediated...
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Spectroscopic Characterization of Organometallic Centers on Insulator Single Crystal Surfaces:From Metal Carbonyls to Ziegler--Natta Catalysts
A detailed knowledge of the microscopic properties is one of the prerequisites for an understanding of heterogeneous catalysts. A strategy which...
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Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions of Unactivated Alkyl Electrophiles with Organometallic Compounds
For many years, unactivated alkyl electrophiles that contain β hydrogens were generally regarded as unsuitable partners for palladium-catalyzed...
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Asymmetric Processes Catalyzed by Chiral (Salen)Metal Complexes
A wide variety of highly selective asymmetric reactions catalyzed by chiral (salen)metal complexes have been disclosed over the past decade. Salen...
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Use of N,N-Coordinating Ligands in Catalytic Asymmetric C--C Bond Formations: Example of Cyclopropanation, Diels--Alder Reaction, Nucleophilic Allylic Substitution
Chiral N,N-coordinating ligands have been particularly synthesized for their use as metal chelates catalyzing asymmetric C-C bond formations....
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Progress in the Asymmetric Synthesis of 1,2-Diamines from Azomethine Compounds
Recent advances in the preparation of optically pure 1,2-diamines by stereoselective addition reactions to azomethine compounds (imines, iminium...
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Sparteine as a Chiral Ligand for Asymmetric Catalysis
While the use of stoichiometric amounts of sparteine and related ligands in various asymmetric reactions often lead to highly enantioselective...
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Stabilized Noble Metal Nanoparticles: An Unavoidable Family of Catalysts for Arene Derivative Hydrogenation
Transition-metal nanoparticle science is a strategic research area in material development due to their particular physical and chemical...
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Tailored Oxide Materials via Thermolytic Molecular Precursor (TMP) Methods
A review of the thermolytic molecular precursor (TMP) method for the generation of multi-component oxide materials is presented. Various...
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Biological Organometallic Chemistry of B12
Vitamin B12, the “antipernicious anemia factor” required for human and animal metabolism, was discovered in the late 1940s. B12-derivatives are...
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The Virtue of Michael-Type Addition Processes in the Design of Transition Metal-Promoted Cyclizative Cascade Reactions
Cascade reactions involving a transition metal-promoted step and a Michael-type addition process have emerged as a powerful tool to construct...
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Domino Heck-Pericyclic Reactions
Palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions and cycloadditions as well as electrocyclic transformations can efficiently be combined in one-pot...
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Medicinal Properties of Organometallic Compounds
Although organometallic compounds are ubiquitous in nature, synthetic organometallic compounds are generally considered to be toxic or...