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Materials Chemistry of Group 13 Nitrides
The OMVPE process has been used to grow thin films of group 13 nitrides, namely GaN, InN, and AlN. In recent years there has been a great deal of...
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Prediction of Crystal Structures Using Evolutionary Algorithms and Related Techniques
Methods, evolutionary and systematic search approaches, and applications of crystal structure prediction of closest-packed and framework materials...
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Survey of Enzymological Data on ODCase
OMP decarboxylase (ODCase) has been the subject of enzymological, structural, and theoretical studies for several decades, yet its highly proficient...
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Cyclopropanation with Ruthenium Catalysts
In this decade, a variety of ruthenium complexes have been intensively investigated that exhibit catalytic activity for cyclopropanation of olefins...
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Ruthenium-Promoted Radical Processes Toward Fine Chemistry
Ruthenium holds a prominent position among the many transition metals used in radical chemistry. The dichlorotris(triphenylphosphine) complex...
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Activation of Inert C–H Bonds
The development of catalytic reactions involving carbon–hydrogen bond cleavage is one of the most attractive research subjects in organic and...
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Triplet Emitters for OLED Applications. Mechanisms of Exciton Trap** and Control of Emission Properties
Triplet emitter materials present attractive possibilities for optimizations of organic/organometallic light emitting diodes (OLEDs). This is due to...
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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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Intermolecular Interactions via Perturbation Theory: From Diatoms to Biomolecules
This article is devoted to the most recent, i.e. taking place within the last few years, theoretical developments in the field of intermolecular...
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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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Sequentially Palladium-Catalyzed Processes
Sequentially palladium-catalyzed reactions consist of combinations of identical, related, or significantly different palladium-catalyzed processes...
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n-Body Decomposition Approach to the Calculation of Interaction Energies of Water Clusters
A new methodology is proposed in which large basis set MP2-level calculations can be extended to water clusters with as many as 50 monomers. The...
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Metal Carbene Reactions from Dirhodium(II) Catalysts
The dirhodium(II) core is a template onto which both achiral and chiral ligands are placed so that four exist in a paddle wheel fashion around the...
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Chromium-Templated Benzannulation Reactions
Since its discovery the chromium-mediated benzannulation reaction has been developed into a unique and useful tool in organic synthesis. In this...
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Photoinduced Reactions of Metal Carbenes in Organic Synthesis
The photoinduced reactions of metal carbene complexes, particularly Group 6 Fischer carbenes, are comprehensively presented in this chapter with a...
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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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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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Ruthenium Vinylidenes and Allenylidenes in Catalysis
During the last decade, ruthenium catalysis, including asymmetric catalysis, has attracted increasing interest owing to its wide range of...