Overview
- Each volume of "Topics in Organometallic Chemistry" provides the broad scientific readership with a comprehensive summary and critical overview of a specific topic in organometallic chemistry
- Research in this rapidly developing transdisciplinary field is having profound influence on other areas of scientific investigation, ranging from catalytic organic synthesis to biology, medicine and material science
Part of the book series: Topics in Organometallic Chemistry (TOPORGAN, volume 22)
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Eighty per cent of all compounds produced in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries require at least one essential catalytic step during their synthesis. At the same time the use of hydrocarbons as a feed-stock for commodity and fine chemicals typically requires an oxidation step, which is usually mediated by a transition metal compound. Consequently oxidation catalysis is a major research field in chemistry, both in academia and in industry. In many such processes, species with metal-carbon bonds are formed as key intermediates, and these processes represent the primary focus of this volume. An important aspect covered by some of the expert contributors is the use of organic ligands - and thus organometallic complex metal fragments - to achieve efficient oxidation catalysis. It has not been self-evident that organometallic complexes can survive the conditions necessary for polar oxygen-transfer reactions, but research over the last decade concerning oxo and peroxo complexes functionalized by organic ligands has clearly shown that relatively non-polar M-C bonds can be quite stable in the presence of oxidants and protic media, and that they may even be essential for the favourable activity and life-time of a catalyst. Also considered in this context is the oxidation chemistry of basic organometallic species in the gas phase, as this may reveal fundamental characteristics inherent to oxidation catalysts.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Organometallic Oxidation Catalysis
Editors: Franc Meyer, Christian Limberg
Series Title: Topics in Organometallic Chemistry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/11603818
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-37209-7Published: 22 February 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-07206-2Published: 19 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-37210-3Published: 30 January 2007
Series ISSN: 1436-6002
Series E-ISSN: 1616-8534
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 253
Topics: Organometallic Chemistry, Catalysis, Inorganic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry