Catalysis: They are essential in catalysis, particularly in processes like hydrogenation, hydroformylation, and polymerisation. For example, Ziegler-Natta catalysts, which are organometallic compounds ...

The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI. Despite considerable advances, and the abundance of organometallic reagents developed for additions to carbonyl compounds, three ...

Carbon–carbon bond formation is the basis for the biogenesis of nature's essential molecules. Consequently, it lies at the heart of the chemical sciences. Chiral catalysts have been developed for ...

Highly reactive organometallic reagents, like organolithiums (molecules with a carbon–lithium bond) are essential reagents in organic synthesis because of their applications from polymer synthesis to ...

Synthetic chemists prize organolithium reagents for their ability to build carbon-carbon bonds. But their extreme reactivity also makes them dangerous—they can spontaneously ignite when exposed to air ...

A new sandwiched iron complex allows chemists to put iron(I) to work in catalytic reactions in the same way chemists use ...

Controlling the uncontrollable compound. Researchers at the IPC PAS have trapped highly flammable compounds in the a tiny capsule that form a crystal. Photo courtesy: Grzegorz Krzyzewski For nearly ...