Structure, reactivity and catalytic properties of manganese-hydride amidate complexes

• Published in: Nature chemistry Vol. 14; no. 11; pp. 1233 - 1241
• Main Authors: Wang, Yujie, Liu, Shihan, Yang, Haobo, Li, Hengxu, Lan, Yu, Liu, Qiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.11.2022; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 639/638/403/934; 639/638/549/884; 639/638/77/888; Alkali metals; Alkoxides; Analytical Chemistry; Biochemistry; Catalysis; Catalysts; Chemistry; Chemistry and Materials Science; Chemistry/Food Science; Heavy metals; Hydrogen bonding; Hydrogenation; Inorganic Chemistry; Ketones; Manganese; Metal hydrides; Organic Chemistry; Physical Chemistry; Reactivity

The high efficiency of widely applied Noyori-type hydrogenation catalysts arises from the N–H moiety coordinated to a metal centre, which stabilizes rate-determining transition states through hydrogen-bonding interactions. It was proposed that a higher efficiency could be achieved by substituting an...