Travis M. Figg

TL;DR: Recent joint computational and experimental approaches were instrumental in demonstrating that the addition of Pd(OAc)2 as a catalyst precursor to RSeH and RSH reagents forms the [Pd(SeR)2]n and [PD(SR) 2]n clusters, respectively, which show an unprecedented ability for selective synthesis of Markovnikov-type products.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the metal effects on the reaction mechanism, revealing that the Rh- and Ir-catalyzed reactions follow a similar reaction profile, albeit with different individual kinetic and thermodynamic parameters.

TL;DR: A mechanistic study of HAT by an isolable iron(III) imido complex, L(Me)FeNAd, which shows a strong dependence on the size of the hydrocarbon substrate and a strategy that has promise for controlling the regioselectivity of these C-H bond activation reactions.

TL;DR: The I-to-F substitution in I-[Pd(II)](Ph)(PCy3)(DG') is a facile process that makes the "direct-halide" assisted β-C(sp(3))-H bond activation relatively less energy demanding and opens the possibility for a competing Ph-F bond formation reaction.

TL;DR: A density functional theory study was performed to understand the role of cooperativity between iron-β-diketiminate fragments and potassium promoters in N(2) activation, finding that a minimum of three Fe centers interact with N( 2) in order to break the triple bond.