This book provides researchers in the fields of organic chemistry, organometallic chemistry and homogeneous catalysis with an overview of significant recent developments in the area of metal-ligand cooperativity, with a focus on pincer architectures. The various contributions highlight the widespread impact of M-L co-operativity phenomena on modern organometallic chemistry and catalyst development. The development of efficient and selective catalytic transformations relies on the understanding and fine control of the various elementary reactions that constitutes a catalytic cycle. Co-operative ligands, which actively participate in bond making and bond breaking together to the metal they support, open up new avenues in this area. In particular, buttressing a weak or reactive metal-ligand bond by flanking coordinating arms in a pincer ligand design is proving a versatile strategy to access robust metal complexes that exhibit unusual and selective reactivity patterns.

Recent Advances in the Applications of Metal-Ligand Cooperation via Dearomatization and Aromatization of Pincer Complexes

Metal-Ligand Cooperation at Acceptor Pincer ligands
Metal-Ligand Cooperativity of Phosphorus Containing Pincer Systems
Cooperative Reactivity by Pincer-type Complexes Possessing Secondary Coordination Sphere
Redox-Active Pincer Ligands
A Pincer Motif Etched into a meta-Benziporphyrin Frame
The role of Metal-Ligand Cooperation in Manganese(I)-catalyzed Hydrogenation/Dehydrogenation Reactions
Hydrogenation Reactions Catalyzed by PNP-Type Complexes featuring a HN(CH2CH2PR2)2 Ligand
Catalytic Conversion of Nitriles by Metal Pincer Complexes
The Application of Pincer Ligand in Catalytic Water Splitting.