Organometallic Catalysis in Organic Synthesis

Dear Colleagues,

Catalysis by organometallics is currently of utmost significance in important industries, such as the manufacture of advanced materials, pharmaceuticals, or biomaterials, in petrochemistry, nanotechnology, and in emerging technologies of smart products, catalytic water oxidation, high-tech energy saving, etc. Therefore, this Special Issue aims to illustrate the most recent and pertinent developments on the multiple, innovative uses of organometallics as effective homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts in a plethora of organic syntheses. Organized, so as to cover new applications of organometallics where metals pertain to the main groups, transition metals or rare earth metals, the contributions will focus on a broad range of organic reactions, such as C-H activation, C-C bond formation, addition, condensation, metathesis, isomerization, oligomerization, hydrogenation and hydrogen transfer, oxidation, epoxidation, hydration, hydroboration, hydrosilylation, hydroxylation, hydroformylation, carbonylation, cyclopropanation, cyclization and related reactions, as well as on their involvement in the synthesis of polycyclic compounds or bioactive natural products. Special attention will be paid to complex catalytic processes, occurring in solution and solid phase, and to tandem or cascade reactions implying organometallics. The key role of the transient organometallic species intervening in the catalytic cycles will also be highlighted.

Communications, full papers and reviews on the abovementioned topics are particularly welcome.

Prof. Dr. Albert Demonceau
Prof. Dr. Ileana Dragutan
Prof. Dr. Valerian Dragutan
Guest Editors

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