Ligands: Design, Syntheses, and Applications in Organometallic Catalysis
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Organometallic Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 22
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Chemistry is ubiquitous in today's world. Its stakeholders currently face numerous challenges in meeting the requirements of sustainable, environmentally friendly, green chemistry. Atom economy, material economy, and energy economy are the watchwords of ambitious chemistry committed to environmental respect. Catalysis is the most elegant way to obtain products whose synthesis by conventional means generally requires numerous steps, simply and at low cost. Catalysis is indispensable in certain cases, such as the major processes developed during the 20th century, including ammonia synthesis using the Haber–Bosch process, methanol production by BASF, the Fischer–Tropsch process, the Houdry process, the Ziegler–Natta process, and the SHOP process, among others. Catalysis demonstrates its impressive efficiency daily in industrial transformations that would be virtually impossible to achieve without it.
This Special Issue in Molecules aims to compile research articles on ligand design and synthesis that enhance the chemo-, regio-, and enantioselectivity of catalytic reactions. The issue covers a wide range of catalytic reactions and features review articles and full papers, as well as full and short research articles that demonstrate how the choice of ligands influences the outcome of various catalytic reactions.
Dr. David Sémeril
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- ligand design
- organometallic catalysis
- green & sustainable chemistry
- industrial catalysis
- synthesis & applications
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