Organometallic synthesis and catalysis
Simple synthesis of [Au(NHC)X] complexes utilizing aqueous ammonia: revisiting the weak base route mechanism
Riku Saito, Alberto Prato, Alessandro Rubbi, Laura Orian, Thomas Scattolin and Steven P. Nolan.
DOI https://doi.org/10.1039/D4DT02955K
Dalton Trans. 2025, Advance article.
Rim-brominated pillarplexes and their assembly via self-sorting.
Julian Zuber, Thomas Pickl, Alexandra A. Heidecker, Marco Baron, Christian Jandl and Alexander Pöthig.
DOI https://doi.org/10.1039/D4DT02953D
Dalton Trans. 2024, 53, 19116-19120.
Machine Learning Directed Discovery and Optimisation of a Platinum-Catalysed Amide Reduction.
Eleonora Casillo, Benon P. Maliszewski, César A. Urbina-Blanco, Thomas Scattolin, Catherine S. J. Cazin and Steven P. Nolan.
DOI https://doi.org/10.1039/D4CC05273K
Chem. Comm. 2024, 60, 14597-14600.
Exploring the reductive CO2 fixation with amines and hydrosilanes using readily available Cu(II) NHC–phenolate catalyst precursors.
Giammarco Meloni, Luca Morgan, David Cappelletti, Matteo Bevilacqua, Claudia Graiff, Piermaria Pinter, Andrea Biffis, Cristina Tubaro and Marco Baron.
DOI https://doi.org/10.1039/D4DT02936D
Dalt. Trans. 2024, 53, 18128-18140.
Gold(III) Catalysis in Ionic Liquids: The Case Study of Coumarin Synthesis.
Francesco Ravera, Marte Sofie Martinsen Holmsen, Paolo Sgarbossa, Didier Bourissou and Andrea Biffis.
DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/adsc.202400706
Adv. Synth. Catal. 2024, 366.
Homogeneous methanol carbonylation.
Cristina Tubaro and Andrea Biffis.
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-15560-4.00006-X
Homogeneous Carbonylation and Hydroformylation Reactions. Chapter 2.
An improved gold(I) catalytic system for the preparation of coumarins via intramolecular cyclization.
Andrea Biffis, Francesco Ravera, Federico Floreani, Cristina Tubaro, Marco Roverso, Riccardo Pedrazzani and Marco Bandini.
DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.202400725
Chem. Asian J. 2024, e202400725.
Synthesis and characterization of Pt(II) and Au(I) complexes with N-oxy-heterocyclic carbene ligands (NOHCs).
Alice Benin, Joshua Immanuel Kollar, Tim Riesebeck, Felix Wurl, Claudia Graiff, Thomas Strassner and Cristina Tubaro.
DOI https://doi.org/10.1039/D4DT00996G
Dalton Trans., 2024, 53, 9323-9329.
Hybrid bis(N-heterocyclic carbene)-bis(phenolate) ligands: Coordination chemistry and catalytic application in CO2 valorization.
Giammarco Meloni, Matteo Bevilacqua, Claudia Graiff, Andrea Biffis, Marco Baron and Cristina Tubaro.
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2024.122096
Inorganica Chimica Acta 569 (2024), 122096.
Pd8(PDip)6: Cubic, Unsaturated, Zerovalent.
Kevin Breitwieser, Matteo Bevilacqua, Sneha Mullassery, Fabian Dankert, Bernd Morgenstern, Samuel Grandthyll, Frank Müller, Andrea Biffis, Christian Hering-Junghans, Dominik Munz.
DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202400699
Adv. Sci. 2024, 2400699.
Supported gold nanoparticles prepared from NHC-Au complex precursors as reusable heterogeneous catalysts.
Qi-An Huang, Mayu Takaki, Haruno Murayama, Akina Yoshizawa, Eiji Yamamoto, Luong Xuan Dien, Tamao Ishida, Tetsuo Honma, Nikolaos V. Tzouras, Thomas Scattolin, Steven P. Nolan and Makoto Tokunag.
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mcat.2023.113460
Molecular Catalysis 549 (2023) 113460.
From Au11 to Au13: Tailored Synthesis of Superatomic Di-NHC/PPh3‑Stabilized Molecular Gold Nanoclusters.
Matteo Bevilacqua, Marco Roverso, Sara Bogialli, Claudia Graiff and Andrea Biffis.
DOI https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c03331
Inorg. Chem. 2023, 62, 1383−1393.
Gold(I)-Catalyzed Direct Alkyne Hydroarylation in Ionic Liquids: Mechanistic Insights.
Sara Bonfante, Pietro Bax, Marco Baron and Andrea Biffis.
DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/catal13050822
Catalysts 2023, 13, 822
(CAAC)Pd(py) Catalysts Disproportionate to Pd(CAAC)2
Nicola Marigo, Bernd Morgenstern, Andrea Biffis and Dominik Munz.
DOI https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.3c00150
Organometallics 2023, 42, 1567−1572.
Bis(N-Heterocyclic Carbene) Manganese(I) Complexes in Catalytic N-Formylation/N-Methylation of Amines Using Carbon Dioxide and Phenylsilane.
Chiara Masaro, Giammarco Meloni, Marco Baron, Claudia Graiff, Cristina Tubaro and Beatriz Royo.
DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202302273
Chem. Eur. J. 2023, e202302273
Exploring the Coordination Properties of Phosphonium-Functionalized N-Heterocyclic Carbenes Towards Gold.
Riccardo De Marco, Valerio Giuso, Thierry Achard, Marzio Rancan, Marco Baron, Lidia Armelao, Matteo Mauro, Stéphane Bellemin-Laponnaz and Cristina Tubaro.
DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.202300184
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2023, 26, e202300184
Insights on the Anion Effect in N-heterocyclic Carbene Based Dinuclear Gold(I) Catalysts.
Filippo Campagnolo, Matteo Bevilacqua, Marco Baron, Cristina Tubaro, Andrea Biffis and Daniele Zuccaccia.
DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/cplu.202300421
ChemPlusChem 2023, e202300421 (Part of a Special Collection on Gold Chemistry)
Manganese(III) complexes with tetradentate O^C^C^O ligands: Synthesis, characterization and catalytic studies on the CO2 cycloaddition with epoxides.
Giammarco Meloni, Luca Beghetto, Marco Baron, Andrea Biffis, Paolo Sgarbossa, Miriam Mba, Paolo Centomo, Laura Orian, Claudia Graiff, Cristina Tubaro.
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mcat.2023.113006
Molecular Catalysis 538 (2023) 113006.
Coordination Chemistry of Ir with Chelating Ligands Containing a Xanthine-Derived, Protic N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) Moiety.
Matteo Bevilacqua, Valerio Giuso, Marzio Rancan, Lidia Armelao, Claudia Graiff, Walter Baratta, Valerio Di Marco and Andrea Biffis.
DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.202200484
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2022, e202200484.
Evaluation of Heteroleptic Pt (II)-Diketonate Complexes as Precatalysts for the Photoactivated Curing of Silicone Resins.
Maria Moro, Paolo Zardi, Massimo Rossi and Andrea Biffis.
DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12030307
Catalysts 2022, 12, 307.
Solvent Coordination Effect on Copper-Based Molecular Catalysts for Controlled Radical Polymerization.
Stefano Racioppi, Laura Orian, Cristina Tubaro, Armando Gennaro and Abdirisak Ahmed Isse.
DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12121656
Catalysts 2022, 12, 1656.
Electrochemical Investigation of Iron-Catalyzed Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization.
Gianluca Gazzola, Sebastiano Pasinato, Marco Fantin, Niccolò Braidi, Cristina Tubaro, Christian Durante and Abdirisak Ahmed Isse.
DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27196312
Molecules 2022, 27, 6312.
Silver(I) and gold(I) complexes with bitriazole-based N-heterocyclic carbene ligand: Solid state features and behaviour in solution.
Andrea Longhi, Marco Baron, Marzio Rancan, Gregorio Bottaro, Laura Orian, Claudia Graiff, Marco Roverso, Ileana Menegazzo, Lidia Armelao, Sara Bogialli, Cristina Tubaro.
DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/aoc.6764
Appl Organomet. Chem. 2022, e6764.
Dinuclear gold(I) Complexes with Bidentate NHC Ligands as Precursors for Alkynyl Complexes via Mechanochemistry.
Valentina Stoppa, Edoardo Battistel, Marco Baron, Paolo Sgarbossa, Andrea Biffis, Gregorio Bottaro, Lidia Armelao and Cristina Tubaro.
DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27134317
Molecules 2022, 27, 4317.
Synthesis of Carbene-Metal-Amido (CMA) Complexes and Their Use as Precatalysts for the Activator-Free, Gold-Catalyzed Addition of Carboxylic Acids to Alkynes.
Ishfaq Ibni Hashim, Nikolaos V. Tzouras, Wim Janssens, Thomas Scattolin, Laurens Bourda, Subhrajyoti Bhandary, Kristof Van Hecke, Steven P. Nolan and Catherine S. J. Cazin.
DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202201224
Chem. Eur. J. 2022, 28, e202201224. This publication is part of a Special Collection with all Chemistry Europe journals on the “International Symposium on Homogeneous Catalysis”. Dedicated to Professor Guy Bertrandon his 70th birthday.
Flow chemistry of main group and transition metal complexes.
Thomas Scattolin, Andreas Simoens, Christian V. Stevens and Steven P. Nolan.
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trechm.2022.04.001
Continuous Flow Synthesis of Sulfur- and Selenium- NHC Compounds (NHC=N-Heterocyclic Carbene).
Thibault Cauwenbergh, Thomas Scattolin, Andreas Simoens, Nikolaos V. Tzouras, Christian V. Stevens and Steven P. Nolan.
DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202101296
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2022, 15–20.
A Simple Synthetic Route to Well-Defined [Pd(NHC)Cl(1-tBu-indenyl)] Pre-catalysts for Cross-Coupling Reactions.
Yaxu Liu, Thomas Scattolin, Alberto Gobbo, Marek Beliš, Kristof Van Hecke, Steven P. Nolan and Catherine S. J. Cazin.
DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.202100840
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2022, e202100840. Part of the joint “International Symposium on Homogeneous Catalysis” Special Collection with all Chemistry Europe journal.
Straightforward synthesis of [Cu(NHC)(alkynyl)] and [Cu(NHC)(thiolato)] complexes (NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene).
Ishfaq Ibni Hashim, Thomas Scattolin, Nikolaos V. Tzouras, Laurens Bourda, Kristof Van Hecke, Ida Ritacco, Lucia Caporaso, Luigi Cavallo, Steven P. Nolan and Catherine S. J. Cazin.
DOI https://doi.org/10.1039/d1dt03710b
Dalton Trans., 2022, 51, 231–240
Microgels as Soluble Scaffolds for the Preparation of Noble Metal Nanoparticles Supported on Nanostructured Metal Oxides.
Roberto Vescovo, Maximilian Becker, Marta Maria Natile, Patrizia Canton, Claudio Evangelisti and Andrea Biffis.
DOI https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.1c01459
ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2021, 4, 8343−8351.
Phosphorus precursors reactivity versus hydrogenated Ge surface: towards a reliable self-limited monolayer doping.
Francesco Sgarbossa, Alberto Levarato, Sara Maria Carturan, Gian Andrea Rizzi, Cristina Tubaro, Gianluca Ciatto, Federica Bondino, Igor Pís, Enrico Napolitani, Davide De Salvador.
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2020.148532
Applied Surface Science 541 (2021) 148532.
Sustainable direct H2O2 synthesis over Pd catalyst supported on mesoporous carbon: The effect of surface nitrogen functionality.
Xiang Ji, Dongdong Chen, Lin Peng, Francesco Frison, Chiara Dalla Valle, Cristina Tubaro, Marco Zecca, Paolo Centomo, Daiqi Ye, Peirong Chen.
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2020.12.036
Catalysis Today 376 (2021) 1–8.
Quantitative Selection of the Axially Chiral Conformation in a Flexible Dinuclear Gold(I) di(N‑Heterocyclic Carbene) Complex via Chlorine Oxidative Addition.
Marco Baron, Marzio Rancan, Lidia Armelao, Cristina Tubaro.
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s1087 0-020-00840-7
Journal of Chemical Crystallography (2021) 51:175–182
Gold(I) complexes with multifunctional phosphane ligands: Synthesis and catalysis
Andrea Biffis, Marco Baron, Cristina Tubaro, Marzio Rancan, Lidia Armelao, Anatoliy Marchenko, Georgyi Koidan, Anastasiia N. Hurieva and Aleksandr Kostyuk.
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2020.120218
Inorganica Chimica Acta 517 (2021) 120218
Mononuclear and dinuclear gold(I) complexes with a caffeine-based di(N-heterocyclic carbene) ligand: synthesis, reactivity and structural DFT analysis.
Valentina Stoppa, Thomas Scattolin, Matteo Bevilacqua, Marco Baron, Claudia Graiff, Laura Orian, Andrea Biffis, Ileana Menegazzo, Marco Roverso, Sara Bogialli, Fabiano Visentin and Cristina Tubaro.
DOI https://doi.org/10.1039/d0nj05906d
New J. Chem., 2021, 45, 961
Continuous Flow Synthesis of [Au(NHC)(Aryl)](NHC=N-HeterocyclicCarbene) Complexes.
Thibault Cauwenbergh, Nikolaos V. Tzouras, Thomas Scattolin, Subhrajyoti Bhandary, Andreas Simoens, Kristof Van Hecke, Christian V. Stevens and Steven P. Nolan.
DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202102379
Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 13342–13345.
Synthesis and catalytic activity of palladium complexes bearing N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) and 1,4,7-triaza-9-phosphatricyclo[5.3.2.1]tridecane (CAP) ligands.
Thomas Scattolin, Vladislav A. Voloshkin, Ekaterina Martynova, Sofie M. P. Vanden Broeck, Marek Beliš, Catherine S. J. Cazin and Steven P. Nolan.
DOI https://doi.org/10.1039/d1dt01716k
Dalton Trans., 2021, 50, 9491.
Continuous Flow Synthesis of Sulfur- and Selenium- NHC Compounds (NHC=N-Heterocyclic Carbene).
Thibault Cauwenbergh, Thomas Scattolin, Andreas Simoens, Nikolaos V. Tzouras, Christian V. Stevens and Steven P. Nolan.
DOI https://doi.org/10.1039/d1dt01716k
Dalton Trans., 2021, 50, 9491.
N-Heterocyclic carbene complexes enabling the α-arylation of carbonyl compounds.
Sylwia Ostrowska, Thomas Scattolin and Steven P. Nolan.
DOI https://doi.org/10.1039/d1cc00913c
Chem. Commun., 2021, 57, 4354.
Conversion of Pd(I) off-cycle species into highly efficient cross-coupling catalysts.
Yaxu Liu, Vladislav A. Voloshkin, Thomas Scattolin, Luigi Cavallo, Busra Dereli, Catherine S. J. Cazin and Steven P. Nolan.
DOI https://doi.org/10.1039/D1DT00929J
Dalton Trans., 2021, 50, 5420.
Continuous Flow Synthesis of Metal–NHC Complexes.
Andreas Simoens, Thomas Scattolin, Thibault Cauwenbergh, Gianmarco Pisanò, Catherine S. J. Cazin, Christian V. Stevens and Steven P. Nolan.
DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202100190
Chem. Eur. J. 2021,27,5653 –5657.
