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Sustainable Catalysis : With Non-endangered Metals

Group 3 (Yttrium)

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Intramolecular Hydroamination/Cyclization of Aminoalkenes Catalyzed by Ln[N(SiMe3)2]3 Grafted onto Periodic Mesoporous Silicas

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132,16368

E. Le Roux, Y. Liang, M. P. Storz, R. Anwander

Group 13 (Aluminum)

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A Well-Defined Silica-Supported Aluminium Alkyl Through an Unprecedented, Consecutive Two-Step Protonolysis–Alkyl Transfer Mechanism

Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 2979

J. Pelletier, J. Espinas, N. Vu, S. Norsic, A. Baudouin, L. Delevoye, J. Trébosc, E. Le Roux, C. Santini, J.-M. Basset, R. M. Gauvin, M. Taoufik

Group 4 (Titanium)

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Unsaturated and Benzannulated N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes of Titanium and Hafnium: Impact on Catalysts Structure and Performance in Copolymerization of Cyclohexene Oxide with CO2

Molecules., 2020, 25, 4364

L. Suresh, R. Lalrempuia, J. B. Ekeli, F. Gillis-D'Hamers, K. W. Törnroos, V. R. Jensen, E. Le Roux

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Structural Characterization of Tridentate N-Heterocyclic Carbene Titanium(IV) Benzyloxide, Silyloxide, Acetate, and Azide Complexes and Assessment of Their Efficacies for Catalyzing the Copolymerization of Cyclohexene Oxide with CO2

Organometallics, 2017, 36, 4477

C. C. Quadri, R. Lalrempuia, J. Hessevik, K. W. Törnroos, E. Le Roux

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Steric Factors on Unsymmetrical O-Hydroxyaryl N-heterocyclic Carbene Ligands Prevailing the Stabilization of Single Stereoisomer of Bis-ligated Titanium Complexes

J. Organomet. Chem., 2018, 860, 106

C. C. Quadri, R. Lalrempuia, N. Å. Frøstein, K. W. Törnroos, E. Le Roux

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Sterically (un)Encumbered mer-tridentate N-heterocyclic Carbene Complexes of Titanium(IV) for the Copolymerization of Cyclohexene Oxide with CO2

 Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 14734

From themed issue Small Molecule Activation

 J. Hessevik, R. Lalrempuia, H. Nsiri, K. W. Törnroos, V. R. Jensen, E. Le Roux.

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Copolymerization of Cyclohexene Oxide with CO2 Catalyzed by Tridentate N-Heterocyclic Carbene Titanium(IV)

Dalton Trans., 2014, 43, 4242

From themed issue New Talent: Europe

C. C. Quadri, E. Le Roux

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Shifting from Ziegler-Natta to Philips Catalyst? A Simple and Safe Access to Reduced Titanium Systems for Ethylene Polymerization

Macromol. Rapid Commun., 2011, 32, 1921

N. Popoff, J. Espinas, E. Gouré, O. Boyron,  E. Le Roux, Gauvin R. M., J.-M. Basset, A. De Mallmann, M. Taoufik

Group 4 (Zirconium)

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Incorporation of an Intact Dimeric Zr12 Oxo Cluster from a Molecular Precursor in a New Zirconium Metal–organic Framework

Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 2735

A. A. Bezrukov, K. W. Törnroos, Erwan Le Roux, P. D. C. Dietzel

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Coordination Behavior of Bis-phenolate Saturated and Unsaturated N-heterocyclic Carbene Ligands to Zirconium: Reactivity and Activity in the Copolymerization of Cyclohexene Oxide with CO2

Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 8065

R. Lalrempuia, F. Breivik, K. W. Törnroos, E. Le Roux

Group 5 (Vanadium)

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Bis(phenolate)-Functionalized N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes of Oxo- and Imido-Vanadium(V)

Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2021, 521, 120301

L. Suresh, J. Finnstad, K. W. Törnroos, E. Le Roux

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