Gregory Leitus

Research interests

Publications

• Manganese‐Catalyzed N‐Formylation of Amines by Methanol Liberating H 2 : A Catalytic and Mechanistic Study

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201700681

• Manganese‐Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Esters to Alcohols

  Chemistry - A European Journal · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201604991

• Manganese-Catalyzed Environmentally Benign Dehydrogenative Coupling of Alcohols and Amines to Form Aldimines and H2: A Catalytic and Mechanistic Study

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5b13519

• Cobalt‐Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Esters to Alcohols: Unexpected Reactivity Trend Indicates Ester Enolate Intermediacy

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201502418

• Catalytic transformation of alcohols to carboxylic acid salts and H2 using water as the oxygen atom source

  Nature Chemistry · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.1536

• Electron-Rich PNP- and PNN-Type Ruthenium(II) Hydrido Borohydride Pincer Complexes. Synthesis, Structure, and Catalytic Dehydrogenation of Alcohols and Hydrogenation of Esters

  Organometallics · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1021/om200595m

• Efficient Hydrogenation of Ketones Catalyzed by an Iron Pincer Complex

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201007406

• Low‐Pressure Hydrogenation of Carbon Dioxide Catalyzed by an Iron Pincer Complex Exhibiting Noble Metal Activity

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201104542

• Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxyselenophene)

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2008 · https://doi.org/10.1021/ja8018675

• Evidence for a terminal Pt(iv)-oxo complex exhibiting diverse reactivity

  Nature · 2008 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature07356

• Metal−Ligand Cooperation in C−H and H2 Activation by an Electron-Rich PNP Ir(I) System: Facile Ligand Dearomatization−Aromatization as Key Steps

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.1021/ja066411i

• Efficient Homogeneous Catalytic Hydrogenation of Esters to Alcohols

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200503771

• Facile Conversion of Alcohols into Esters and Dihydrogen Catalyzed by New Ruthenium Complexes

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2005 · https://doi.org/10.1021/ja052862b

• Alkali Metal Intercalated Fullerene-Like MS2 (M = W, Mo) Nanoparticles and Their Properties

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2002 · https://doi.org/10.1021/ja012060q

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