Aqueous Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Debrecen, Hungary, August 29--September 1, 1994

Summary of the Round Table Discussion of the State of the Art and Future Directions of Aqueous Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis.- Transition Metal Catalyzed Reactions of Olefins in Water: Olefin Metathesis and Isomerization.- Aqueous Organometallic Chemistry: Effects of a Reactive Solvent.- Aqueous Chemistry and Catalytic Activity of Organometallic Iridium Complexes.- Organometallic Radical Chemistry in Aqueous Solution.- The Use of 1,3,5-Triaza-7-phosphaadamantane (PTA), a Water- Soluble, Air Stable Ligand, in Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis.- Recent Developments in Metal Catalyzed Biphasic Reactions.- Counter Phase Transfer Catalysis by Water-Soluble Phosphine Complexes.- Metal-Catalyzed Hydrophosphination as a Route to Water-Soluble Phosphines.- Aqueous Media in the Intramolecular Heck Reaction.- New Efficient Water-Soluble Catalysts for Two-Phase Olefin Hydroformylation.- Rhodium and Palladium Water-Soluble Complexes in the Carbonylation Reactions. Improvement in the Transfer Between the Organic and Aqueous Phases.- New Water Soluble Phosphines for Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis in the Aqueous Phase.- Hexaaquaruthenate(II) as Catalyst Precursor in Aqueous Organometallic Catalysis.- Ruthenium-Catalyzed Oxidation of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons in Aqueous Medium.- Hydrosoluble Ligands for a New Technology.- Comparative Study of Biphase Reduction of Carbonyl Compounds Catalyzed by Homogeneous and Water Soluble Ru Catalysts.- Three Approaches to Catalytic Aqueous Organometallic Chemistry Involving Water Soluble Ligands, Some Modified Cyclodextrins as Ligands, and Reactions in an Aluminophosphate Cavity.- Models for Supported Aqueous-Phase Catalysis.- Stoichiometric and Exhaustive Hydrolysis of N,N-Dialkylcarbamates.- Composite Hydrogels of the Polysaccharide/Polyvalent Metal Type.- Organometallic Catalysis in Water and in a Two-Phase System.- Chiral Sulfonated Phosphines in Enantioselective Catalysis.- Asymmetric Complex Catalysis in Micellar Systems.- Bioorganometallic Chemistry: The Reaction of a (?5-Pentamethyl-cyclopentadienyl)rhodium Aqua Complex with Nucleobases, Nucleosides, Nucleotides, and Oligonucleotides.- On Nature's Aqueous Organometallic and Radical Chemistry with B12-Derivatives.- Catalytic Hydrogenation of Biological Membranes: The Effects on Membrane Physical State and Functions.- Aqueous Phospholipid Dispersions as Vectors for Selective Homogeneous Catalysis.- Modification of Biomembranes by Catalytic Hydrogenation.- Author Index.