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Inside Back Cover: Palladium‐Catalysed Cross‐Coupling Reactions Controlled by Noncovalent Zn⋅⋅⋅N Interactions (Chem. Eur. J. 21/2017)
Author(s) -
Kadri Mohamed,
Hou Jingran,
Dorcet Vincent,
Roisnel Thierry,
Bechki Lazhar,
Miloudi Abdellah,
Bruneau Christian,
GramageDoria Rafael
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201700347
Subject(s) - palladium , catalysis , pyridine , chemistry , homogeneous , zinc , porphyrin , polymer chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , photochemistry , organic chemistry , mathematics , combinatorics
Weak Zn⋅⋅⋅N interactions have been exploited in homogeneous palladium catalysis. The selective binding between pyridine‐containing compounds and zinc‐containing scaffolds (porphyrin or salphen) prevents undesired catalyst inhibition, thus increasing the activity of the palladium‐phosphane catalyst. The picture illustrates how a magician uses the “Zn⋅⋅⋅N weak interactions” trick to increase the performance of the palladium catalyst inside an Erlenmeyer flask under the watchful eye of a bunny. More information can be found in the Full Paper by R. Gramage‐Doria et al. on page 5033 ff.