Bauer E. (Ed.) Iron Catalysis II

Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, 2015. — 367 p. — ISBN: 9783319193953Catalysis is a fundamental chemical principle with huge significance in both industry and academia. Catalysts save energy and resources, increase selectivities and yields, and make compounds accessible that are otherwise difficult or impossible to synthesize. The economic impact of catalysis is tremendous and difficult to quantify. The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory states that the economic impact of catalysis has been valued to be over 10 trillion dollars per year worldwide. The American Chemical Society estimates that 85% of all chemical products being produced use at least one catalytic step.
The field of homogeneous catalysis has been dominated in the last 30 years by either early or precious transition metals such as titanium, osmium, rhodium, palladium, or ruthenium. This is well demonstrated by the Nobel prizes awarded for homogeneous catalysis in 2001, 2005, and 2010, which are all related to these metals and which underline the significance of the field. However, there are serious issues associated with these metals. Due to their low natural abundance, they are high and volatile in price, and they are present in metal rich ores in only small concentrations. Furthermore, these metals are also of interest in the automotive industry and in the consumer electronic sector, creating extra competition for their sources. Finally, the toxicity poses a serious problem, e.g., in the pharmaceutical industry, where only trace amounts of toxic metals can be present in the final product to meet quality standards set by authoritiesIron Catalysis: Historic Overview and Current Trends
The Development of Iron Catalysts for Cross-Coupling Reactions
Iron-Catalyzed Cross-Dehydrogenative-Coupling Reactions
Iron-Catalyzed Carbon–Nitrogen, Carbon–Phosphorus, and Carbon–Sulfur Bond Formation and Cyclization Reactions
High-Valent Iron in Biomimetic Alkane Oxidation Catalysis
Iron-Catalyzed Reduction and Hydroelementation Reactions
Iron-Catalyzed Oligomerization and Polymerization Reactions
Enantioselective Iron Catalysts
Molecular Iron-Based Oxidants and Their Stoichiometric Reactions