Synthesis of new hetero-bimetallic catalysts: Synthetic applications

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Claudia M. Barzilay, cbarzilay@md.huji.ac.il and Amona Ali, amonaa@md.huji.ac.il. Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products, School of Pharmacy, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91120, Jerusalem, Israel
Homogeneous catalysis is one of the most rapidly evolving areas of synthetic organic chemistry. Learning from nature, many bimetallic enzyme mimics have been developed. Recently, there is an interest in designing hetero-bimetallic systems, which are new dinuclear complexes that contain two different metals in the catalytic reaction center and are combined in one complex. One can find a number of hetero- and homo- bimetallic catalysts in the literature that had been synthesized and applied in different fields, but their use was specific and the studies were sporadically. This research presents a new class of homogeneous catalysts: bimetallic catalyst, that its unique property relies on the cooperative two active sites. The exploration and exploitation of the chemistry of these two giants in means of capability of the broad chemical transformations when combined in the same catalytic sphere will be presented.