title: Boosting catalyst activity in cis-selective semi-reduction of internal alkynes by tailoring the assembly of all-metal aromatic tri-palladium complexes.
abstract: Highly symmetric [Pd3]+clusters that present delocalized metal-metal bonds can catalyse the selective semi-reduction of internal alkynes to cis-alkenes. Studies on factors governing the formation of all-metal aromatics enabled the design of an optimised catalytic system that delivers cis-alkenes with almost complete selectivity on a gram scale with very low catalyst loadings (0.03 mol%).
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Parma, 17/A Parco Area delle Scienze, 43124 Parma, Italy. giovanni.maestri@unipr.it.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Monfredini
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Parma, 17/A Parco Area delle Scienze, 43124 Parma, Italy. giovanni.maestri@unipr.it.
authors.forename: Veronica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Santacroce
authors.affiliation: ICSN CNRS (UPR2301), 1 Av. de la Terrasse, Bat. 27, 91198 Gif s/Yvette, France. max.malacria@cnrs.fr.
authors.forename: Pierre-Alexandre
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Deyris
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Parma, 17/A Parco Area delle Scienze, 43124 Parma, Italy. giovanni.maestri@unipr.it.
authors.forename: Raimondo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maggi
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Parma, 17/A Parco Area delle Scienze, 43124 Parma, Italy. giovanni.maestri@unipr.it.
authors.forename: Franca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bigi
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Parma, 17/A Parco Area delle Scienze, 43124 Parma, Italy. giovanni.maestri@unipr.it.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Maestri
authors.affiliation: ICSN CNRS (UPR2301), 1 Av. de la Terrasse, Bat. 27, 91198 Gif s/Yvette, France. max.malacria@cnrs.fr and UPMC Sorbonne Université, IPCM (UMR CNRS 8232), 4 place Jussieu, C. 229, 75005 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Max
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Malacria