About this Research Topic
In terms of sustainability in catalysis, numerous chemists have been trying to replace conventional and expensive transition metal catalytic systems with relatively cheaper earth-abundant metal catalysts based on Fe, Co, Ni, Mn, Zn, etc. for various chemical conversions. Among them, reductive conversions represented by hydroelementation containing hydrogenation, hydrosilylation, and hydroboration are of paramount catalytic methods in organo(metallic) catalysis. The scope of starting materials for the earth-abundant metal-catalyzed (reductive) hydroelementation have steadily grown from simple carbonyls, alkenes, and alkynes to more complicated molecules such as conjugated alkenes, heteroarenes, multi-functionality of molecules, and ethers, providing valuable synthetic building blocks for drugs and natural products.
Based on the above background, the scope of the present Research Topic will encompass a range of reductive transformations catalyzed by earth-abundant transition metal complexes. We welcome Original Research, Review, Mini Review and Perspective articles on themes including, but not limited to:
• Homogeneous catalytic systems based on earth-abundant metals, including transition and first-row metals.
• Hydroelementation includes hydrogenation, hydrosilylation, hydroboration.
• Hydroelementative reduction defines the addition(s) of H[E] (E = H, Si, or B) into the unsaturated functions of substrates or the cleavage of C-X [X = (pseudo)halides, heteroatom] bonds of substrates with H[E] resulting in C-H and X-[E] units.
• Experimental and/or theoretical studies of the earth-abundant metal catalysis.
Keywords: Earth abundant metals, Homogeneous Catalysts, Hydroelementation, Reductive Functionalization, Unsaturated Functionalities
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