Pure Appl. Chem., 2001, Vol. 73, No. 8, pp. 1315-1318
doi:10.1351/pac200173081315
Quasi-nature catalysis. Rhodium-catalyzed CC bond formation in air and water*
Taisheng Huang, Sripathy Venkatraman, Yue Meng, Tien V. Nguyen, Daniel Kort, Dong Wang, Rui Ding, and Chao-Jun Li,**
1Department of Chemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA; 2Center for Molecular Science, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, P. R. China
Abstract:
Transition-metal catalysis is out-grown from dry-boxes where the use of inert gas atmosphere and the exclusion of moisture have been essential. Such a restriction undoubtedly imposes limitations in the application of these reactions in organic synthesis and in the recycling of the catalysts. This article discusses some recent advances of rhodium-catalyzed carboncarbon bond formations under the natural conditions of air and water.
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