New Trends in Scorpionate Catalysts
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 September 2017) | Viewed by 12539
Special Issue Editor
2. Coordination Chemistry and Catalysis (CCC), CQE—Centro de Química Estrutural, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
Interests: coordination and sustainable chemistry; homogeneous and supported catalysis; nanomaterials and nanocatalysis; electrochemistry
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Dear Colleagues,
Scorpionate compounds are undoubtedly among the most important N-donor ligands in coordination chemistry and have been extensively used to synthesize main-group and transition metal complexes where the metal coordination sphere could be carefully tailored by changing the number of pyrazolyl groups at the central atom and the substituents thereon.
The “scorpionate” feature, i.e., the interchange between coordination modes of the scorpionate ligands is believed to be the core of the remarkable structural and chemical versatility found for many metal complexes of this kind. It was also found to be essential for their catalytic applications and, therefore, scorpionate metal compounds have been experience a great deal of increasing interest from specialists in catalysis.
This Special Issue is aimed at covering novel, emerging and promising strategies for the development of improved sustainable catalytic processes by using scorpionate compounds as catalysts.
Authors with expertise in this topic are cordially invited to submit their manuscripts to Catalysts. Significant full papers and review articles are very welcome.
Prof. Luísa Margarida Martins
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Homogeneous and supported catalysis
- Catalysis in non-conventional conditions
- Catalysis in aqueous media
- Electro- or Photo-catalysis
- Bio-inspired catalysis
- Magnetic/functionalized catalysts
- Catalytic selective oxidations
- Polymerization
- Catalytic C-H activation
- C-C bond formation
