Synthesis and Reaction Mechanisms of Organometallic Compounds
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Organometallic Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2023) | Viewed by 3486
Special Issue Editor
Interests: organometallic chemistry; catalytic cycles; reaction mechanisms; block-p chemistry; computational chemistry
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The discovery of new reactivity and the development of more efficient reactions rely heavily on understanding the mechanism of the known transformations. Deciphering how each step takes place and untangling the mechanistic subtleties of a catalytic reaction are key for the rational design of ligands, catalysts and appropriate reaction conditions for optimal results. Based on the collected evidence, mechanistic proposals are inferred, which are always the subject of revision if new experiments are inconsistent with them. This type of research is intellectually exciting and rewarding and perhaps sometimes frustrating. The variety of mechanisms that can operate in reactions that involve metals, especially transition metals, in organometallic catalysis makes mechanistic studies on these systems even more important. In these cases, it is more difficult and risky to establish a reaction pathway based only on former knowledge, because a change in metal, coordination environment and reaction conditions can diverge the reaction to a different route. Computational chemistry plays an essential role in the study of reaction mechanisms. State-of-the-art methods are now quite powerful and capable of modeling reactions introducing the complexity of the catalyst ligand framework and the reaction media, including explicit solvent molecules.
This Special Issue welcomes contributions, original research or review articles on all aspects related to the synthesis, characterization and reaction mechanisms of organometallic compounds. This Special Issue will include research articles on transition metal compounds using various synthetic techniques, chemical analyses and simulation methods, as well as the potential application.
Prof. Dr. Jose Oscar C. Jiménez-Halla
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- organometallic chemistry
- preparation methods
- reaction mechanisms
- coordination chemistry
