The interface between supramolecular chemistry and transition metal catalysis has received surprisingly little attention in contrast to the individual disciplines. It provides, however, novel and elegant strategies that lead to new tools for the search of effective catalysts,  and as such this has been an important research theme in our laboratories. In this presentation I will focus on supramolecular strategies to control selectivty in hydroformylationl catalysis, which is especially important for reactions that are impossible to control using traditional catalyst development. For substrates with functional groups we use substrate orientation effects to control selectivty, whereas for non-functionalized substrates we create cages around the active transition metal.

Supramolecular control in hydroformylation catalysis

245th National Meeting (2013)

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