Development of Concerto Molecular Catalysts for Practical Catalysis

由于基于金属-配体协同效应的新型双功能分子催化剂的概念，我们可以成功地开发出传统均相催化剂难以实现的极性官能团的不对称氢化、O2作为氢受体的醇的有氧氧化、不对称C-N和C-C键形成反应。建立在单核配合物体系中的双官能团的概念可以应用于双功能双核金属体系。

Thanks to conceptually new bifunctional molecular catalysts based on Metal-ligand cooperating effect, we could successfully develop highly efficient asymmetric hydrogenation of polar functionalities which cannot easily hydrogenated by conventional homogeneous catalysts, aerobic oxidation of alcohols in which O2 serves as an excellent hydrogen acceptor, asymmetric C-N and C-C bond forming reactions. The concept of bifunctionality established in the mononuclear complex systems could be applied to bifunctional binuclear metal systems.