Activation of small molecules by transition metal complexes

过渡金属配合物作为催化剂在化学工业中起着非常重要的作用。事实上，催化剂对今天生产的90%以上的化学品的生产都是必不可少的，它大大降低了大规模生产的能耗。在许多情况下，如果没有这种催化剂，一些有机转化和材料也将不存在或以低收率和选择性进行。因此，进一步加深我们对催化剂在相关工艺条件下实现高活性而不分解的要求的理解至关重要。

Transition metal complexes play a very important role in the chemical industry through their use as catalysts. Catalysts are in fact essential for the manufacturing of more than ninety percent of the chemicals produced today, leading to much reduced energy consumption for large-scale productions. In many cases, some organic transformations and materials would also be inexistent or proceed in poor yield and selectivity without such catalysts. It is therefore critical to further develop our understanding of the requirements for catalysts to achieve high activity without decomposition at relevant process conditions.