Quasi-nature catalysis. Rhodium-catalyzed CC bond formation
in air and water*
Taisheng Huang1, Sripathy Venkatraman1, Yue Meng1, Tien V. Nguyen1,
Daniel Kort1, Dong Wang2, Rui Ding2, and Chao-Jun Li1,**
1Department of Chemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans,
LA 70118, USA; 2Center for Molecular Science, Institute of Chemistry,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, P. R. China
Abstract: Transition-metal catalysis is out-grown from dry-boxes
where the use of inert gas atmosphere and the exclusion of moisture
have been essential. Such a restriction undoubtedly imposes limitations
in the application of these reactions in organic synthesis and in the
recycling of the catalysts. This article discusses some recent advances
of rhodium-catalyzed carboncarbon bond formations under the natural
conditions of air and water.
*Lecture presented at the IUPAC CHEMRAWN
XIV Conference on Green Chemistry:Toward Environmentally Benign Processes
and Products, Boulder,Colorado, USA, 9-13 June 2001. Other presentations
are published in this issue, pp.1229 –1330.
**Corresponding author
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