M. Fátima C. Guedes da Silva

TL;DR: This Perspective presents some demonstrative experimental observations in which chalcogen bonding is crucial for synthetic transformations, crystal engineering, catalysis and design of materials as synthons/tectons.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review describes how non-covalent interactions, such as hydrogen (inter-and intramolecular, resonance-and charge-assisted hydrogen bonding), halogen, chalcogen and pnicogen bonds, π-interactions, as well as other types of weak forces can influence and control the reactions in the synthesis, providing a class of highly directional stabilizing contacts that can be exploited in the design of coordination compounds.

TL;DR: In this article, the main types of both homogeneous and supported vanadium catalysts and the most efficient catalytic systems in different reactions are presented and compared, and the proposed mechanisms of various catalytic oxidation processes are also outlined.

TL;DR: Isocyanides ligating medium to high-valent electron-poor metal centers can undergo activation toward α-nucleophilic addition to afford a variety of aminocarbene complexes with either heterocyclic or acyclic ligands.