Many stoichiometric and catalytic reactions are now known in which organotransition metal complexes mediate the synthesis of new organic compounds.  These processes have been used in both industrial and academic chemistry to convert simple organic compounds into more complex functionalized materials, in some cases with high degrees of regio- and stereoselectivity. Mechanistic experiments have played an important part in bringing us to the current understanding of these processes, providing rational ways to improve them, and guiding the development of new methods. The content of the lecture will be chosen from exploratory and mechanistic research that has been carried out most recently.  Examples will be taken from studies focused on the activation of carbon-hydrogen bonds in organic compounds, organic and organometallic reactions that take place in the cavities of self-assembled clusters, or new bond-forming organic reactions mediated by complexes bearing metal-nitrogen bonds.

Selective transformations of organic compounds mediated by transition metal complexes

245th National Meeting (2013)

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