Homogeneous Catalysts

This first book to illuminate this important aspect of chemical synthesis improves the lifetime of catalysts, thus reducing material and saving energy, costs and waste. The international panel of expert authors describes the studies that have been conducted concerning the way homogeneous catalysts decompose, and the differences between homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts. The result is a ready reference for organic, catalytic, polymer and complex chemists, as well as those working in industry and with/on organometallics.

This first book to illuminate this important aspect of chemical synthesis improves the lifetime of catalysts, thus reducing material and saving energy, costs and waste.The international panel of expert authors describes the studies that have been conducted concerning the way homogeneous catalysts decompose, and the differences between homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts.The result is a ready reference for organic, catalytic, polymer and complex chemists, as well as those working in industry and with/on organometallics.

ELEMENTARY STEPSIntroductionMetal DepositionLigand Decomposition by OxidationPhosphinesPhosphitesImines and PyridinesCarbenesReactions of Metal-Carbon and Metal-Hydride BondsReactions Blocking the Active SitesEARLY TRANSITION METAL CATALYSTS FOR OLEFIN POLYMERIZATIONZiegler-Natta CatalystsMetallocenesOther Single-Center CatalystsVanadium-Based CatalystsChromium-Based CatalystsConclusionsLATE TRANSITION METAL CATALYSTS FOR OLEFIN POLYMERIZATIONNickel- and Palladium-Based CatalystsIron- and Cobalt-Based CatalystsConclusionsEFFECTS OF IMMOBILIZATION OF CATALYSTS FOR OLEFIN POLYMERIZATIONIntroductionMetallocenes and Related ComplexesOther Titanium and Zirconium ComplexesVanadium ComplexesChromium ComplexesNickel ComplexesIron ComplexesConclusionsDORMANT SPECIES IN TRANSITION METAL-CATALYZED OLEFIN POLYMERIZATIONIntroductionZiegler-Natta CatalystsMetallocenes and Related Early Transition Metal CatalystsLate Transition Metal CatalystsReversible Chain Transfer in Olefin PolymerizationConclusionsTRANSITION METAL CATALYZED OLEFIN OLIGOMERIZATIONIntroductionZirconium CatalystsTitanium CatalystsTantalum CatalystsChromium CatalystsNickel CatalystsIron CatalystsTandem Catalysis Involving Oligomerization and PolymerizationConclusionsASYMMETRIC HYDROGENATIONIntroductionIncubation by Dienes in Rhodium Diene PrecursorsInhibition by Substrates, Solvents, Polar Additives, and ImpuritiesInhibition by Formation of Bridged SpeciesInhibition by Ligand DecompositionInhibition by the ProductInhibition by Metal Formation; Heterogeneous Catalysis by MetalsSelective Activation and Deactivation of Enantiomeric CatalystsConclusionsCARBONYLATION REACTIONSIntroductionCobalt-Catalyzed HydroformylationRhodium-Catalyzed HydroformylationPalladium-Catalyzed Alkene-CO ReactionsMethanol CarbonylationConclusionsMETAL-CATALYZED CROSS-COUPLING REACTIONSIntroduction: A Few Historic NotesOn the Mechanism of Initiation and PrecursorsTransmetallationReductive EliminationPhosphine DecompositionMetal ImpuritiesMetal Nanoparticles and Supported Metal CatalystsConclusionsALKENE METATHESISIntroductionMolybdenum and Tungsten CatalystsRhenium CatalystsRuthenium CatalystsConclusions