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Green Organometallic Chemistry

A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Green Chemistry".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2020) | Viewed by 9338

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Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, University of Oviedo, C/Julián Clavería, 7, 33071 Oviedo (Asturias), Spain
Interests: green organometallic chemistry; carbohydrate chemistry; natural products chemistry; NMR spectroscopy
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Humberto Rodríguez-Solla, Head of the Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, University of Oviedo, C/Julián Clavería, 7, 33071 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
Interests: organometallic chemistry; asymmetric synthesis; samarium diiodide
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Dear Colleagues,

The increasing environmental pollution caused by chemical and pharmaceutical industries, related to the use of toxic chemicals and high energy consumption, has led to a greater focus on green chemistry. In the past few years, green chemistry has obtained the status of a major scientific discipline, as most chemists keep in mind their basic principles in the development of novel synthetic procedures. The field of organometallic chemistry is no stranger to this trend. In fact, many recent advances in organometallic catalysis have green implications.

In this Special Issue, researchers are invited to submit their original research articles, as well as review articles related to the application of green chemistry principles to organometallic chemistry. We look forward to collecting the best selection of state-of-the-art contributions in this field in order to provide a platform for researchers to meet the increasing demand for environmentally benign chemical processes.

Prof. Raquel Soengas
Prof. Humberto Rodríguez Solla
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Keywords

  • Green solvents
  • Nonconventional energy sources
  • Sustainable organometallic catalysis
  • Bioinspired catalysts
  • Metal nanoparticles
  • Photocatalysis

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Mechanochemical Preparation of Pd(II) and Pt(II) Composites with Carbonaceous Materials and Their Application in the Suzuki-Miyaura Reaction at Several Energy Inputs
by Mohamed M.A. Soliman, Andreia F. Peixoto, Ana P.C. Ribeiro, Maximilian N. Kopylovich, Elisabete C.B.A. Alegria and Armando J.L. Pombeiro
Molecules 2020, 25(12), 2951; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25122951 - 26 Jun 2020
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Pd(II) and Pt(II) composites with activated carbon (AC), graphene oxide, and multiwalled carbon nanotubes were prepared by ball milling and used as catalysts for the Suzuki-Miyaura reaction, under several energy inputs (mechanical grinding, conventional heating, and microwave irradiation). The catalytic composites were characterized [...] Read more.
Pd(II) and Pt(II) composites with activated carbon (AC), graphene oxide, and multiwalled carbon nanotubes were prepared by ball milling and used as catalysts for the Suzuki-Miyaura reaction, under several energy inputs (mechanical grinding, conventional heating, and microwave irradiation). The catalytic composites were characterized by ICP-MS, BET, XPS analyses, TEM, and SEM. The average particle size of the prepared composites was estimated to be in the range of 6–30 nm, while the loadings of Pd and Pt did not significantly affect the surface area of the AC support due to the tendency to agglomerate as observed by the TEM analysis. The Pd/AC composites exhibit high mechanochemical catalytic activity in cross-coupling of bromobenzene and phenylboronic acid with molar yields up to 80% with TON and TOF of 222 and 444 h−1, respectively, achieved with Pd(4.7 wt%)-AC catalyst under the liquid assisted grinding for 0.5 h at ambient conditions, using cyclohexene as an additive. Full article
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Synthesis, Crystal Structures and Luminescence Properties of Three New Cadmium 3D Coordination Polymers
by Hai-Yan Ju, Gang Zhang, Ming Yang, De-Zheng Liu, Yong-Sheng Yang and Yan-Bo Zhang
Molecules 2020, 25(11), 2465; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25112465 - 26 May 2020
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The new rigid planar ligand 2,5-bis(3-(pyridine-4-yl)phenyl)thiazolo[5,4-d]thiazole (BPPT) has been synthesized, which is an excellent building block for assembling coordination polymer. Under solvothermal reaction conditions, cadmium ion with BPPT in the presence of various carboxylic acids including (1,1′-biphenyl)-4,4′-dicarboxylic acid (BPDC), isophthalic acid (IP), and [...] Read more.
The new rigid planar ligand 2,5-bis(3-(pyridine-4-yl)phenyl)thiazolo[5,4-d]thiazole (BPPT) has been synthesized, which is an excellent building block for assembling coordination polymer. Under solvothermal reaction conditions, cadmium ion with BPPT in the presence of various carboxylic acids including (1,1′-biphenyl)-4,4′-dicarboxylic acid (BPDC), isophthalic acid (IP), and benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylic acid (BTC) gave rise to three coordination complexes, viz, [Cd(BPPT)(BPDA)](BPPT)n (1), [Cd(BPPT) (IP)] (CH3OH) (2), and [Cd3(BPPT)3(BTC)2(H2O)2] (3). The structures of 1, 2, and 3 were characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction. The IR spectra as well as thermogravimetric and luminescence properties were also investigated. Complex 1 is a two-dimensional (2D) network and further stretched to a 3D supramolecular structure through π–π stacking interaction. The complexes 2 and 3 show 3D framework. The complexes 1, 2, and 3 exhibited luminescence property at room temperature. Full article
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Ionic Liquids and Ohmic Heating in Combination for Pd-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions: Sustainable Synthesis of Flavonoids
by Vera L. M. Silva, Raquel G. Soengas and Artur M. S. Silva
Molecules 2020, 25(7), 1564; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25071564 - 29 Mar 2020
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In order to meet the increasing demand for environmentally benign chemical processes, we developed a Suzuki–Miyaura reaction protocol based on the combination of ohmic heating (ΩH) and supported ionic liquid phase catalysis (SILPC) in aqueous media. This methodology was applied to the synthesis [...] Read more.
In order to meet the increasing demand for environmentally benign chemical processes, we developed a Suzuki–Miyaura reaction protocol based on the combination of ohmic heating (ΩH) and supported ionic liquid phase catalysis (SILPC) in aqueous media. This methodology was applied to the synthesis of a series of flavonoid derivatives, including isoflavones, styrylisoflavones, and diarylalkenylisoflavones. Full article
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