Introduction Ionic liquids are a class of novel solvents with extremely high polarity [1]. Immobilization of organometallic complexes in thin films of supported ionic liquid has recently been suggested as a novel concept to combine the high selectivity of homogeneous catalysts with the easy separation of a heterogeneous system [2]. First catalytic studies show a high potential of these systems ...

1Atmospheric Environment Laboratory, Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Goon Ja Dong 98, Seoul 143-747, Republic of Korea 2Palo Duro Research Center, West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX 79016, USA 3College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530005, China 4Department of Electrical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, No. 101, Sec. 2, Kuang-Fu Road...

A highly diastereoselective and efficient synthesis of P-stereogenic bulky alkyl and aryl aminophosphines that relies on ring opening of tert-butyl-oxazaphospholidine 2 is described. Ring opening with several organometallic reagents takes place with inversion of configuration at the phosphorus center as it has been demonstrated by X-ray analysis of two ring-opened intermediates. The unprecedent...

It is scant exaggeration to say that modern organic synthesis would be almost inconceivable without the important carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions involving the addition or organometallic reagents to aldehydes, ketones and acid derivatives. Today, the addition reactions of organometallic reagents of most elements of the periodic table have been explored in great detail, permitting the synth...

Inclusion complexes of cyclodextrins with organometallic coordination compounds of Pd, Pt, Rh, Fe, Ni, and Ru have been used to produce porous metal-silica hybrid materials. The cyclodextrins are templates for the structure of the silica and lead to a uniform “wormtype” pore system. After the templating step the organometallic compounds can be employed as in situ precursors for the preparation ...

Spectroscopic properties, two-photon absorption (TPA) and excited state absorption (ESA), of two organic cyanine dyes and of a ruthenium based organometallic cyanine are compared in order to rationalize their similar ns-optical power limiting (OPL) efficiency in the telecommunication wavelength range. The TPA contribution to the ns-OPL behavior is higher for both organic cyanines, while the mai...

New hybrid POM based on Lindqvist-type polyoxometalates [M6O19](8-) (M = Nb, Ta) and organometallic fragment {Cp*Rh}(2+) have been isolated and characterized. X-ray quality crystals of K4[(Cp*Rh)2Nb6O19]·20H2O () and Cs4[(Cp*Rh)2Ta6O19]·18H2O () were obtained from solutions with {Cp*Rh} : [M6O19](8-) stoichiometry 2 : 1. The solution behavior of the hybrid polyoxoanions was studied with ESI-MS ...

Acting as a bridge between the heterogeneous and homogeneous realms, the use of discrete, well-defined, solid-state organometallic complexes for synthesis and catalysis is a remarkably undeveloped field. Here, we present a review of this topic, focusing on describing the key transformations that can be observed at a transition-metal centre, as well as the use of well-defined organometallic comp...

EXAFS measurements have been carried out on very small osmium and rhenium metal particles supported on MgO. The metal particles were formed via decornposition and subsequent reduction in hydrogen of metal carbonyl clusters.

Many previous structural studies of molecular adsorbates on metal surfaces indicate that the local coordination and bonding is closely similar to that in organometallic compounds, implying that the metallic substrate has no significant influence. Here we show that such an influence is detectable for one model system, namely, the formate species, HCOO, adsorbed on the atomically rough and smooth...