Chapter 2 – Fundamentals of Homogeneous Catalysis

摘要: Homogeneous catalysis using soluble metal complexes or salts as catalysts are known for the synthesis of chemical products with different functional groups high activity and selectivity at milder reaction conditions. Some notable examples carbonylation, hydroformylation, liquid phase hydrocarbon oxidation, C-C coupling reactions (Heck Suzuki), oligomerization, metathesis polymerization reactions. Advances in coordination chemistry have facilitated fundamental understanding mechanism these on a molecular level. unique due to their distinguishing features evidenced by major discoveries asymmetric chiral molecules emerging applications epoxidation commodity well specialty products. This chapter presents recent advances fundamentals homogeneous which elementary reactions, catalytic cycle, deactivation, kinetics discussed examples.