Metal Complexes in Catalysis

Abstract

For a long time, research based on versatile novel catalysis processes utilizing coordination compounds and transition metal ions has witnessed many significant discoveries and developments. This chapter presents new directions and themes for the development of coordination compound-based catalysts in the future. This fundamental field comprises both homogeneous and heterogeneous systems, including a variety of reactions. These types of catalysts exhibit the activation of saturated inert molecules like hydrogen and also involve a wide range of addition reactions like Ziegler-Natta type polymerization, acetylene hydration, carbonylation and annulation reaction, isomerization, hydrogen peroxide decomposition, hydrosilylation, allylic alkylation, hydrocyanation process, hydrogenation reaction, hydroformylation reaction, olefins catalytic oxidation, olefins hydrogenation, etc. The aim of this chapter is to discuss a few applications of catalysts based on transition metal compounds.