Cooperative Catalysis with First‐Row Late Transition Metals

Abstract

Cooperative catalysis with first‐row transition metals holds much promise for future developments regarding sustainable, selective transformations, including e.g. alkenes, dienes and a variety of small molecules such as CO 2, N 2 and water. This non‐exhaustive analysis of the current state‐of‐the‐art aims to give a comprehensive overview of the various design strategies and applications of first‐row transition metal cooperative reactivity and to provide leads for new research initiatives in order to expand this emerging field. The main aspects covered involve bimetallic cooperativity, redox‐noninnocent ligands in combination with first‐row transition metal complexes, otherwise reactive or noninnocent scaffolds that can induce metal‐ligand bifunctional substrate activation and the design of adaptive ligands and complexes thereof, wherein hemilability is a key factor for selective reactivity. The metals under review are primarily the late transition metals Fe, Co, Ni and Cu.