Copper catalysis in organic synthesis

• Sherry R. Chemler

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2252–2253, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.244

• -coupling reactions were discovered over a century ago and their development has really blossomed over the past twenty years. Second, copper is an earth-abundant metal, making its use more cost effective and more sustainable than precious transition metal catalysts. Over 25 contributions from leaders in the

Comparing kinetic profiles between bifunctional and binary type of Zn(salen)-based catalysts for organic carbonate formation

• Carmen Martín and
• Arjan W. Kleij

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1817–1825, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.191

• , nontoxic and earth-abundant metal-based complexes based on aluminum [24] and iron [25] amino-triphenolate complexes. Additionally, salen-based Zn complexes were also found to be rather efficient catalyst for this transformation. More specifically, these systems relate to the Zn(salphen) family of complexes