Iridium Complexes in Organic Synthesis

Ranging from hydrogenation to hydroamination, cycloadditions and nanoparticles, this first handbook to comprehensively cover the topic of iridium in synthesis discusses the important advances in iridium-catalyzed reactions, namely the use of iridium complexes in enantioselective catalysis.
A must for organic, complex and catalytic chemists, as well as those working with/on organometallics.

Ranging from mechanistic studies to industrial applications, this handbook is the first to comprehensively explores the topic of iridium in organic synthesis. The important advances in iridium mediated reactions namely hydrogenation, hydroamination, hydroboration, C-C bond formation, carbonylation and cycloaddition are discussed. The book presents the most widely exploited iridium catalysed reactions, such as asymmetric reductions, together with the recent advances including the use of soluble metal nanoparticles as catalysts. In general terms, this book covers the application of iridium catalysts in organic synthesis from the more basic reactions to highlighted topics, including the use of specific ligands in the most important of transition metal catalysed reactions. The extensive treatment of relevant and current topics together with the high quality of the contributions make this book a must for organic and inorganic, academic and industrial chemists providing the reader with strategies and solutions for synthetic problems.

A must have for scientists working in organic chemistry, coordination chemistry and catalysis, as well as those working with organometallics.

Luis A. Oro is the head of the Homogeneous Catalysis Institute and professor of Inorganic Chemistry in the University of Zaragoza. His main research interests are in organometallic chemistry of platinum group metals where he has coauthored about 500 scientific contributions, and edited several books. He is member of the Interantional Advisory Board of Angewandte Chemie, and other international journals. He has received several scientific awards, including the Humboldt award, King Jaime prize, Solvay prize and Sacconi Medal. He is Doctor Honoris Causae by Rennes University. He is also member of the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina, the Academia Europaea, and foreign member of the Académie des Sciences.

Carmen Claver is Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University Rovira I Virgili in Tarragona (Spain). She has co-authored about 200 scientific contributions in the field of enantioselective synthesis. She has also participated in the edition and publication of several books. She has received several scientific awards, being recognised in 2003 as distinguished research for the Catalan Government.