σ-Bond Metathesis: A 30-Year Retrospective

The Conservation of Orbital Symmetry

Woodward, R. B., & Hoffmann, R. (1969) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English · doi:10.1002/anie.196907811 · Cited by 4,090

Understanding and exploiting C–H bond activation

Labinger, J. A., & Bercaw, J. E. (2002) · Nature · doi:10.1038/417507a · Cited by 2,768

Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry II

McCleverty, J. A., & Meyer, T. (2003) · Bristol Research (University of Bristol) · Cited by 2,690

Applied Homogeneous Catalysis with Organometallic Compounds

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Hydroamination: Direct Addition of Amines to Alkenes and Alkynes

Müller, T. E., Hultzsch, K. C., Yus, M., Foubelo, F., & Tada, M. (2008) · Chemical Reviews · doi:10.1021/cr0306788 · Cited by 2,090

Selective Intermolecular Carbon-Hydrogen Bond Activation by Synthetic Metal Complexes in Homogeneous Solution

Arndtsen, B. A., Bergman, R. G., Mobley, T. A., & Peterson, T. H. (1995) · Accounts of Chemical Research · doi:10.1021/ar00051a009 · Cited by 1,451

C—H Bond Activation in Transition Metal Species from a Computational Perspective

Balcells, D., Clot, E., & Eisenstein, O. (2010) · Chemical Reviews · doi:10.1021/cr900315k · Cited by 1,059

Organolanthanide-Catalyzed Hydroamination

Hong, S., & Marks, T. J. (2004) · Accounts of Chemical Research · doi:10.1021/ar040051r · Cited by 1,050

Synthesis of Pyridine and Dihydropyridine Derivatives by Regio- and Stereoselective Addition to N-Activated Pyridines

Bull, J. A., Mousseau, J. J., Pelletier, G., & Charette, A. B. (2012) · Chemical Reviews · doi:10.1021/cr200251d · Cited by 920

Theoretical Studies on Reactions of Transition-Metal Complexes

Niu, S., & Hall, M. B. (2000) · Chemical Reviews · doi:10.1021/cr980404y · Cited by 844

.sigma.-Bond metathesis for carbon-hydrogen bonds of hydrocarbons and Sc-R (R = H, alkyl, aryl) bonds of permethylscandocene derivatives. Evidence for noninvolvement of the .pi. system in electrophilic activation of aromatic and vinylic C-H bonds

Thompson, M. E., Baxter, S. M., Bulls, A. R., Burger, B. J., Nolan, M. C., Santarsiero, B. D., Schaefer, W. P., & Bercaw, J. E. (1987) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/ja00235a031 · Cited by 804

Cationic Zirconocene Olefin Polymerization Catalysts Based on the Organo-Lewis Acid Tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane. A Synthetic,Structural, Solution Dynamic, and Polymerization Catalytic Study

Yang, X., Stern, C. L., & Marks, T. J. (1994) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/ja00101a022 · Cited by 739

From Limestone to Catalysis: Application of Calcium Compounds as Homogeneous Catalysts

Harder, S. (2010) · Chemical Reviews · doi:10.1021/cr9003659 · Cited by 642

π-Conjugated Aromatic Enynes as a Single-Emitting Component for White Electroluminescence

Liu, Y., Nishiura, M., Wang, Y., & Hou, Z. (2006) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/ja058188f · Cited by 509

C−H Bond Activation and Organometallic Intermediates on Isolated Metal Centers on Oxide Surfaces

Coperet, C. (2010) · Chemical Reviews · doi:10.1021/cr900122p · Cited by 434

Methane exchange reactions of lanthanide and early-transition-metal methyl complexes

Watson, P. L. (1983) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/ja00359a023 · Cited by 401

Metallacycle Transfer from Zirconium to Main Group Elements: A Versatile Synthesis of Heterocycles

Fagan, P. J., Nugent, W. A., & Calabrese, J. C. (1994) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/ja00084a031 · Cited by 366

Chiral Organolanthanides Designed for Asymmetric Catalysis. A Kinetic and Mechanistic Study of Enantioselective Olefin Hydroamination/Cyclization and Hydrogenation by C1-Symmetric Me2Si(Me4C5)(C5H3R*)Ln Complexes where R* = Chiral Auxiliary

Giardello, M. A., Conticello, V. P., Brard, L., Gagne, M. R., & Marks, T. J. (1994) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/ja00101a048 · Cited by 329

Ethylene insertion and .beta.-hydrogen elimination for permethylscandocene alkyl complexes. A study of the chain propagation and termination steps in Ziegler-Natta polymerization of ethylene

Burger, B. J., Thompson, M. E., Cotter, W. D., & Bercaw, J. E. (1990) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/ja00160a041 · Cited by 321

Catalytic Hydrogenolysis at Low Temperature and Pressure of Polyethylene and Polypropylene to Diesels or Lower Alkanes by a Zirconium Hydride Supported on Silica-Alumina: A Step Toward Polyolefin Degradation by the Microscopic Reverse of Ziegler-Natta Polymerization

Dufaud, V., & Basset, J.-M. (1998) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(19980403)37:6<806::aid-anie806>3.0.co;2-6 · Cited by 278

Heterofunctionalization catalysis with organometallic complexes of calcium, strontium and barium

Barrett, A. G. M., Crimmin, M. R., Hill, M. S., & Procopiou, P. A. (2010) · Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences · doi:10.1098/rspa.2009.0558 · Cited by 261

Highly reactive organolanthanides. A mechanistic study of catalytic olefin hydrogenation by bis(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl) and related 4f complexes

Jeske, G., Lauke, H., Mauermann, H., Schumann, H., & Marks, T. J. (1985) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/ja00312a052 · Cited by 258

Organo-f-element catalysts for efficient and highly selective hydroalkoxylation and hydrothiolation

Weiss, C. J., & Marks, T. J. (2010) · Dalton Transactions · doi:10.1039/c003089a · Cited by 245

Facile C–H activation by lutetium–methyl and lutetium–hydride complexes

Watson, P. L. (1983) · J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. · doi:10.1039/c39830000276 · Cited by 226

Organolanthanide-Catalyzed Intramolecular Hydrophosphination/Cyclization of Phosphinoalkenes and Phosphinoalkynes

Douglass, M. R., & Marks, T. J. (2000) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/ja993633q · Cited by 201

Direct, Catalytic Hydroaminoalkylation of Unactivated Olefins with N-Alkyl Arylamines

Herzon, S. B., & Hartwig, J. F. (2007) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/ja0718366 · Cited by 196

“Oxidative Addition” to a Zirconium(IV) Redox-Active Ligand Complex

Blackmore, K. J., Ziller, J. W., & Heyduk, A. F. (2005) · Inorganic Chemistry · doi:10.1021/ic050997c · Cited by 169

Advances in Organic Photoconductor Technology

Weiss, D. S., & Abkowitz, M. A. (2009) · Chemical Reviews · doi:10.1021/cr900173r · Cited by 155

Synthesis and Characterization of Scandium Silyl Complexes of the Type Cp*2ScSiHRR‘. σ-Bond Metathesis Reactions and Catalytic Dehydrogenative Silation of Hydrocarbons

Sadow, A. D., & Tilley, T. D. (2004) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/ja040141r · Cited by 152

Catalytic oligomerization of terminal alkynes by lanthanide carbyls (.eta.5-C5Me5)2LnCH(SiMe3)2 (Ln = Y, La, Ce)

Heeres, H. J., & Teuben, J. H. (1991) · Organometallics · doi:10.1021/om00052a052 · Cited by 149

Recent Developments in the Organic Chemistry of Calcium – An Element with Unlimited Possibilities in Organometallic Chemistry?

Westerhausen, M. (2008) · Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie · doi:10.1002/zaac.200800386 · Cited by 131

Dehydrogenative polymerization of silanes to polysilanes by zirconocene and hafnocene catalysts. A new polymerization mechanism

Woo, H. G., & Tilley, T. D. (1989) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/ja00202a070 · Cited by 113

Metal, bond energy, and ancillary ligand effects on actinide-carbon .sigma.-bond hydrogenolysis. A kinetic and mechanistic study

Lin, Z., & Marks, T. J. (1987) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/ja00260a007 · Cited by 102

DFT Study of H−H Activation by Cp2 LnH d0 Complexes

Maron, L., & Eisenstein, O. (2001) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/ja0033483 · Cited by 89

A DFT Study of SiH4 Activation by Cp2LnH

Perrin, L., Maron, L., & Eisenstein, O. (2002) · Inorganic Chemistry · doi:10.1021/ic011275y · Cited by 83

DFT study of CH4 activation by d0 Cl2LnZ (Z = H, CH3) complexes

Maron, L., Perrin, L., & Eisenstein, O. (2002) · Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions · doi:10.1039/b107698c · Cited by 82

A Density Functional Theory Study of a Silica-Supported Zirconium Monohydride Catalyst for Depolymerization of Polyethylene

Mortensen, J. J., & Parrinello, M. (2000) · The Journal of Physical Chemistry B · doi:10.1021/jp994056v · Cited by 77

Thiophene C−H Activation as a Chain-Transfer Mechanism in Ethylene Polymerization: Catalytic Formation of Thienyl-Capped Polyethylene

Ringelberg, S. N., Meetsma, A., Hessen, B., et al. (1999) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/ja984288s · Cited by 76

DFT studies of the methyl exchange reaction between Cp 2 M–CH 3 or Cp* 2 M–CH 3 (Cp = C 5 H 5 , Cp* = C 5 Me 5 , M = Y, Sc, Ln) and CH 4 . Does M ionic radius control the reaction?

Barros, N., Eisenstein, O., & Maron, L. (2006) · Dalton Transactions · doi:10.1039/b600021e · Cited by 51

Catalytic Applications of Vanadium: A Mechanistic Perspective

Langeslay, R. R., Kaphan, D. M., Marshall, C. L., Stair, P. C., Sattelberger, A. P., & Delferro, M. (2019) · Chemical Reviews · doi:10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00245 · Cited by 503

Rapid atom-efficient polyolefin plastics hydrogenolysis mediated by a well-defined single-site electrophilic/cationic organo-zirconium catalyst

Mason, A. H., Motta, A., Das, A., Ma, Q., Bedzyk, M. J., Kratish, Y., & Marks, T. J. (2022) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-022-34707-6 · Cited by 82