New Directions in Sustainable Catalysis by Metal Complexes

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Manganese Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Carbamates and Urea Derivatives

Author(s): Uttam Kumar Das, Amit Kumar, Yehoshoa Ben-David, Mark A. Iron, David Milstein
Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 141/33, 2019, Page(s) 12962-12966, ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b05591

Acceptorless dehydrogenative synthesis of primary amides from alcohols and ammonia

Author(s): Jie Luo, Quan-Quan Zhou, Michael Montag, Yehoshoa Ben-David and David Milstein
Published in: Chemical Science, 2022, ISSN 2041-6520
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d1sc07102e

Highly efficient additive-free dehydrogenation of neat formic acid

Author(s): Sayan Kar, Michael Rauch, Gregory Leitus, Yehoshoa Ben-David and David Milstein
Published in: Nature Catalysis, 2021, ISSN 2520-1158
Publisher: Nature Research (United Kingdom)
DOI: 10.1038/s41929-021-00575-4

Formation of thioesters by dehydrogenative coupling of thiols and alcohols with H(2)evolution

Author(s): Jie Luo, Michael Rauch, Liat Avram, Yael Diskin-Posner, Guy Shmul, Yehoshoa Ben-David and David Milstein
Published in: Nature Catalysis, 2020, ISSN 2520-1158
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41929-020-00514-9

Dehydrogenative Cross-Coupling of Primary Alcohols To Form Cross-Esters Catalyzed by a Manganese Pincer Complex

Author(s): Uttam Kumar Das, Yehoshoa Ben-David, Gregory Leitus, Yael Diskin-Posner, David Milstein
Published in: ACS Catalysis, 9/1, 2018, Page(s) 479-484, ISSN 2155-5435
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b04585

Direct Synthesis of Amides by Acceptorless Dehydrogenative Coupling of Benzyl Alcohols and Ammonia Catalyzed by a Manganese Pincer Complex: Unexpected Crucial Role of Base: Unexpected Crucial Role of Base.

Author(s): Prosenjit Daw, Amit Kumar, Noel Angel Espinosa-Jalapa, Yehoshoa Ben-David, and David Milstein
Published in: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b05261

Near-Ambient-Temperature Dehydrogenative Synthesis of the Amide Bond: Mechanistic Insight and Applications: Mechanistic Insight and Applications: Mechanistic Insight and Applications

Author(s): Sayan Kar; Yinjun Xie; Quan Quan Zhou; Yael Diskin-Posner; Yehoshoa Ben-David; David Milstein
Published in: ACS catalysis, 2021, ISSN 2155-5435
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c00728

Efficient Base-Free Aqueous Reforming of Methanol Homogeneously Catalyzed by Ruthenium Exhibiting a Remarkable Acceleration by Added Catalytic Thiol.

Author(s): Jie Luo; Sayan Kar; Michael Rauch; Michael Montag; Yehoshoa Ben-David; David Milstein
Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 5, 2021, ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c09007

Mechanistic Investigations of Ruthenium Catalyzed Dehydrogenative Thioester Synthesis and Thioester Hydrogenation

Author(s): Michael Rauch, Jie Luo, Liat Avram, Yehoshoa Ben-David and David Milstein
Published in: ACS Catalysis, 2021, ISSN 2155-5435
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c00418

Oxidation of Alkenes by Water with H 2 Liberation

Author(s): Shan Tang, Yehoshoa Ben-David, David Milstein
Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142/13, 2020, Page(s) 5980-5984, ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c01592

Pd Catalyzed, Acid Accelerated, Rechargeable, Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier System Based on Methylpyridines/Methylpiperidines

Author(s): Yinjun Xie and David Milstein
Published in: ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2019, ISSN 2574-0962
Publisher: American Chemical society
DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.9b00523

Homogeneous Catalysis for Sustainable Energy: Hydrogen and Methanol Economies, Fuels from Biomass, and Related Topics

Author(s): Amit Kumar, Prosenjit Daw and David Milstein
Published in: Chemical Reviews, 2021, ISSN 0009-2665
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00412

Dehydrogenative ester synthesis from enol ethers and water with a ruthenium complex catalyzing two reactions in synergy

Author(s): Sayan Kar; Jie Luo; Michael Rauch; Yael Diskin-Posner; Yehoshoa Ben-David; David Milstein
Published in: Crossref, 1, 2022, ISSN 1463-9262
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d1gc04574a

Formamides as Isocyanate Surrogates: A Mechanistically Driven Approach to the Development of Atom-Efficient, Selective Catalytic Syntheses of Ureas, Carbamates, and Heterocycles: A Mechanistically Driven Approach to the Development of Atom-Efficient, Selective Catalytic Syntheses of Ureas, Carbamates, and Heterocycles

Author(s): Jeffrey Bruffaerts, Niklas Von Wolff, Yael Diskin Posner, Yehoshoa Ben-David and David Milstein
Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019, ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b08942

A Reversible Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier System Based on Methanol-Ethylenediamine and Ethylene Urea

Author(s): Yinjun Xie, Peng Hu, Yehoshoa Ben-David and David Milstein
Published in: Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2019, ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201901695

Heterogeneously catalyzed selective hydrogenation of amides to alcohols and amines (No embargo, Accepted version

Author(s): Yinjun Xie, Peng Hu, Tatyana Bendikov and David Milstein
Published in: Catalysis Science and Technology, 2018, ISSN 2044-4753
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/c8cy00112j

Template catalysis by manganese pincer complexes: oxa- and aza-Michael additions to unsaturated nitriles† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available. See DOI: 10.1039/c9sc03269j

Author(s): Tang, Shan; Milstein, David
Published in: Chemical Science, 1, 2019, ISSN 2041-6520
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/c9sc03269j

Metal–Ligand Cooperation Facilitates Bond Activation and Catalytic Hydrogenation with Zinc Pincer Complexes

Author(s): Michael Rauch, Sayan Kar, Amit Kumar, Liat Avram, Linda J. W. Shimon, David Milstein
Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142/34, 2020, Page(s) 14513-14521, ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c05500

Pyridine-Based PCP-Ruthenium Complexes: Unusual Structures and Metal–Ligand Cooperation

Author(s): Pyridine-Based PCP-Ruthenium Complexes: Unusual Structures and Metal–Ligand Cooperation Shan Tang, Niklas von Wolff, Yael Diskin-Posner, Gregory Leitus, Yehoshoa Ben-David, and David Milstein
Published in: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b02669

Synthesis of oxalamides by acceptorless dehydrogenative coupling of ethylene glycol and amines and the reverse hydrogenation catalyzed by ruthenium

Author(s): You-Quan Zou, Quan-Quan Zhou, Yael Diskin-Posner, Yehoshoa Ben-David, David Milstein
Published in: Chemical Science, 11/27, 2020, Page(s) 7188-7193, ISSN 2041-6520
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d0sc02065f

Hydrogenative Depolymerization of Nylons

Author(s): Amit Kumar, Niklas von Wolff, Michael Rauch, You-Quan Zou, Guy Shmul, Yehoshoa Ben-David, Gregory Leitus, Liat Avram, David Milstein
Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142/33, 2020, Page(s) 14267-14275, ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c05675

Selective Room-Temperature Hydrogenation of Amides to Amines and Alcohols Catalyzed by a Ruthenium Pincer Complex and Mechanistic Insight

Author(s): Sayan Kar, Michael Rauch, Amit Kumar, Gregory Leitus, Yehoshoa Ben-David, David Milstein
Published in: ACS Catalysis, 10/10, 2020, Page(s) 5511-5515, ISSN 2155-5435
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c01406

Direct Synthesis of Symmetrical Azines from Alcohols and Hydrazine Catalyzed by a Ruthenium Pincer Complex: Effect of Hydrogen Bonding

Author(s): Jonathan O. Bauer, Gregory Leitus, Yehoshoa Ben-David, David Milstein
Published in: ACS Catalysis, 6/12, 2016, Page(s) 8415-8419, ISSN 2155-5435
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.6b02946

Hydrogenation and Hydrosilylation of Nitrous Oxide Homogeneously Catalyzed by a Metal Complex

Author(s): Rong Zeng, Moran Feller, Yehoshoa Ben-David, David Milstein
Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139/16, 2017, Page(s) 5720-5723, ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b02124

The Ferraquinone–Ferrahydroquinone Couple: Combining Quinonic and Metal-Based Reactivity

Author(s): Alexander Dauth, Urs Gellrich, Yael Diskin-Posner, Yehoshoa Ben-David, David Milstein
Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139/7, 2017, Page(s) 2799-2807, ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b13050

Highly Selective, Efficient Deoxygenative Hydrogenation of Amides Catalyzed by a Manganese Pincer Complex via Metal–Ligand Cooperation

Author(s): You-Quan Zou, Subrata Chakraborty, Alexander Nerush, Dror Oren, Yael Diskin-Posner, Yehoshoa Ben-David, David Milstein
Published in: ACS Catalysis, 8/9, 2018, Page(s) 8014-8019, ISSN 2155-5435
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b02902

Homogeneous Catalysis by Cobalt and Manganese Pincer Complexes

Author(s): Arup Mukherjee, David Milstein
Published in: ACS Catalysis, 8/12, 2018, Page(s) 11435-11469, ISSN 2155-5435
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b02869

Metal–Ligand Cooperation as Key in Formation of Dearomatized Ni II –H Pincer Complexes and in Their Reactivity toward CO and CO 2

Author(s): Dror Oren, Yael Diskin-Posner, Liat Avram, Moran Feller, David Milstein
Published in: Organometallics, 37/14, 2018, Page(s) 2217-2221, ISSN 0276-7333
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.8b00160

N-Substituted Hydrazones by Manganese-Catalyzed Coupling of Alcohols with Hydrazine: Borrowing Hydrogen and Acceptorless Dehydrogenation in One System

Author(s): Uttam Kumar Das, Yehoshoa Ben-David, Yael Diskin-Posner, David Milstein
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 57/8, 2018, Page(s) 2179-2182, ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201712593

Direct Synthesis of Benzimidazoles by Dehydrogenative Coupling of Aromatic Diamines and Alcohols Catalyzed by Cobalt

Author(s): Prosenjit Daw, Yehoshoa Ben-David, David Milstein
Published in: ACS Catalysis, 7/11, 2017, Page(s) 7456-7460, ISSN 2155-5435
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.7b02777

CO 2 activation by metal − ligand-cooperation mediated by iridium pincer complexes

Author(s): Moran Feller, Eyal Ben-Ari, Yael Diskin-Posner, David Milstein
Published in: Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 71/11-13, 2018, Page(s) 1679-1689, ISSN 0095-8972
Publisher: Gordon and Breach Science Publishers
DOI: 10.1080/00958972.2018.1475662

Formal oxidative addition of a C–H bond by a 16e iridium( i ) complex involves metal–ligand cooperation

Author(s): Amit Kumar, Moran Feller, Yehoshoa Ben-David, Yael Diskin-Posner, David Milstein
Published in: Chemical Communications, 54/42, 2018, Page(s) 5365-5368, ISSN 1359-7345
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/c8cc01885e

Imidazole synthesis by transition metal free, base-mediated deaminative coupling of benzylamines and nitriles

Author(s): Uttam Kumar Das, Linda J. W. Shimon, David Milstein
Published in: Chemical Communications, 53/98, 2017, Page(s) 13133-13136, ISSN 1359-7345
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/c7cc08322j

Manganese Catalyzed α-Olefination of Nitriles by Primary Alcohols

Author(s): Subrata Chakraborty, Uttam Kumar Das, Yehoshoa Ben-David, David Milstein
Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139/34, 2017, Page(s) 11710-11713, ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b06993

Manganese-Catalyzed α-Alkylation of Ketones, Esters, and Amides Using Alcohols

Author(s): Subrata Chakraborty, Prosenjit Daw, Yehoshoa Ben David, David Milstein
Published in: ACS Catalysis, 8/11, 2018, Page(s) 10300-10305, ISSN 2155-5435
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b03720

Selective Hydrogenation of Nitriles to Secondary Imines Catalyzed by an Iron Pincer Complex

Author(s): Subrata Chakraborty, David Milstein
Published in: ACS Catalysis, 7/6, 2017, Page(s) 3968-3972, ISSN 2155-5435
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.7b00906

Selective Hydrogenation of Cyclic Imides to Diols and Amines and Its Application in the Development of a Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier

Author(s): Amit Kumar, Trevor Janes, Noel Angel Espinosa-Jalapa, David Milstein
Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 140/24, 2018, Page(s) 7453-7457, ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b04581

Synthesis of Cyclic Imides by Acceptorless Dehydrogenative Coupling of Diols and Amines Catalyzed by a Manganese Pincer Complex

Author(s): Noel Angel Espinosa-Jalapa, Amit Kumar, Gregory Leitus, Yael Diskin-Posner, David Milstein
Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139/34, 2017, Page(s) 11722-11725, ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b08341

Direct Synthesis of Amides by Dehydrogenative Coupling of Amines with either Alcohols or Esters: Manganese Pincer Complex as Catalyst

Author(s): Amit Kumar, Noel Angel Espinosa-Jalapa, Gregory Leitus, Yael Diskin-Posner, Liat Avram, David Milstein
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 56/47, 2017, Page(s) 14992-14996, ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201709180

Manganese Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Organic Carbonates to Methanol and Alcohols

Author(s): Amit Kumar, Trevor Janes, Noel Angel Espinosa-Jalapa, David Milstein
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 57/37, 2018, Page(s) 12076-12080, ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201806289

Acceptorless Dehydrogenative Coupling Using Ammonia: Direct Synthesis of N-Heteroaromatics from Diols Catalyzed by Ruthenium

Author(s): Prosenjit Daw, Yehoshoa Ben-David, David Milstein
Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 140/38, 2018, Page(s) 11931-11934, ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b08385

Direct Conversion of Alcohols into Alkenes by Dehydrogenative Coupling with Hydrazine/Hydrazone Catalyzed by Manganese

Author(s): Uttam Kumar Das, Subrata Chakraborty, Yael Diskin-Posner, David Milstein
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 57/41, 2018, Page(s) 13444-13448, ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201807881

Synthesis of Pyrazines and Quinoxalines via Acceptorless Dehydrogenative Coupling Routes Catalyzed by Manganese Pincer Complexes

Author(s): Prosenjit Daw, Amit Kumar, Noel Angel Espinosa-Jalapa, Yael Diskin-Posner, Yehoshoa Ben-David, David Milstein
Published in: ACS Catalysis, 8/9, 2018, Page(s) 7734-7741, ISSN 2155-5435
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b02208

CO Oxidation by N 2 O Homogeneously Catalyzed by Ruthenium Hydride Pincer Complexes Indicating a New Mechanism

Author(s): Rong Zeng, Moran Feller, Yael Diskin-Posner, Linda J. W. Shimon, Yehoshoa Ben-David, David Milstein
Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 140/23, 2018, Page(s) 7061-7064, ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b03927

Manganese-Catalyzed Direct Deoxygenation of Primary Alcohols

Author(s): Jonathan O. Bauer, Subrata Chakraborty, David Milstein
Published in: ACS Catalysis, 7/7, 2017, Page(s) 4462-4466, ISSN 2155-5435
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.7b01729

Template catalysis by manganese pincer complexes: oxa- and aza-Michael additions to unsaturated nitriles

Author(s): Shan Tang, David Milstein
Published in: Chemical Science, 2019, ISSN 2041-6520
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/c9sc03269j

Ethylene glycol as an efficient and reversible liquid-organic hydrogen carrier

Author(s): You-Quan Zou, Niklas von Wolff, Aviel Anaby, Yinjun Xie, David Milstein
Published in: Nature Catalysis, 2/5, 2019, Page(s) 415-422, ISSN 2520-1158
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1038/s41929-019-0265-z

Facile synthesis of amides via acceptorless dehydrogenative coupling of aryl epoxides and amines

Author(s): Yaoyu Liang, Jie Luo and David Milstein
Published in: Chemical Science, 2022, ISSN 2041-6520
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d2sc01959k

Selective Hydrogenation of Nitriles to Secondary Imines Catalyzed by an Iron Pincer Complex

Author(s): Subrata Chakraborty and David Milstein
Published in: ACS Catalysis, 2017, ISSN 2155-5435
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.7b00906

Catalytic Hydrogenation of Thioesters, Thiocarbamates, and Thioamides

Author(s): Jie Luo, Michael Rauch, Liat Avram, Yehoshoa Ben-David, David Milstein
Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142/52, 2020, Page(s) 21628-21633, ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c10884

Sustainable catalysis with fluxional acridine-based PNP pincer complexes

Author(s): Sayan Kar and David Milstein
Published in: Chemical Communications, 2022, ISSN 1359-7345
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d2cc00247g

Catalytic Furfural/5-Hydroxymethyl Furfural Oxidation to Furoic Acid/Furan-2,5-dicarboxylic Acid with H2 Production Using Alkaline Water as the Formal Oxidant

Author(s): Sayan Kar; Quan-Quan Zhou; Yehoshoa Ben-David; David Milstein
Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1, 2022, ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c10908

Catalytic Oxidative Deamination by Water with H 2 Liberation

Author(s): Shan Tang, Michael Rauch, Michael Montag, Yael Diskin-Posner, Yehoshoa Ben-David, David Milstein
Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142/49, 2020, Page(s) 20875-20882, ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c10826

Manganese Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Carbamates and Urea Derivatives

Author(s): Uttam Kumar Das, Amit Kumar, Yehoshoa Ben-David, Mark A Iron and David Milstein
Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019, ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b05591