Metal-catalysed chemical reactions are often controlled by steric hindrance around the metal atom and it is rare that substituents far away of the reaction site could be differentiated during reaction, particularly if they ...
Rubio Marqués, Paula; Rivero Crespo, Miguel Ángel; Leyva Perez, Antonio; Corma Canós, Avelino(American Chemical Society, 2015-09-16)
Insoluble precious metal chlorides in polymeric form (i.e., PtCl2, PdCl2, AuCl, RhCl3) are commonly used as catalysts for a plethora of organic reactions in solution. Here we show that only the minor soluble fraction of ...