Ligand platforms in homogenous catalytic reactions with metals : practice and applications for green organic transformations / Ryohei Yamaguchi, emeritus professor of chemistry, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Ken-ichi Fujita, associate professor of chemistry, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University.

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880-01 Ligand Platforms in Homogenous Catalytic Reactions with Metals: Practice and Applications for Green Organic Transformations; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Abbreviation; Part I N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands in Transition Metal Catalyzed Hydrogen Transfer and Dehydrogenative Reactions; Chapter 1 Oxidation and Hydrogenation Reactions Catalyzed by Transition Metal Complexes Bearing N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Oxidation of Alcohols Based on Hydrogen Transfer; 1.3 Oxidation of Alcohols Based on Dehydrogenation.

1.4 Hydrogenation and Transfer Hydrogenation of Carbon-Heteroatom Unsaturated Bonds1.5 Other Related Hydrogenative Reactions; References; Chapter 2 Bond-Forming Reactions Catalyzed by Transition Metal Complexes Bearing N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation Based on Hydrogen Transfer; 2.3 Carbon-Nitrogen Bond Formation Based on Hydrogen Transfer and Dehydrogenation; 2.4 Carbon-Oxygen Bond Formation Based on Hydrogen Transfer and Dehydrogenation; References.

Chapter 5 Dehydrogenation of Alkanes Catalyzed by Transition Metal Complexes Bearing Pincer Ligands5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Conversion of Alkanes into Alkenes Based on Hydrogen Transfer; 5.3 Dehydroaromatization of Alkanes Based on Hydrogen Transfer; 5.4 Alkane Metathesis by Tandem Alkane Dehydrogenation and Alkene Metathesis; 5.5 Conversion of Alkanes into Alkenes Based on Dehydrogenation; References; Chapter 6 Oxidation and Hydrogenation Reactions Catalyzed by Transition Metal Complexes Bearing Pincer Ligands; 6.1 Introduction.

Serving as a user's manual for synthetic organic and catalytic chemists, this book guides chemists in the design and choice of ligands to catalyze organic reactions and apply the results for more efficient, green, and practical synthesis. Focuses on the role of ligands in metal complexes that catalyze green organic transformations: a hot topic in the area of organic synthesis and green chemistry Offers a comprehensive resource to help readers design and choose ligands and understand selectivity/reactivity characteristics Addresses a gap by taking novel ligand approaches and including up-to-dat.