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"Catalytic Strategies to Enantiopure Benzoins: Past and Future", L. De Luca, A. Mezzetti, Synthesis 2019, 51. external page DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1691529.
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"The Manganese(I)‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketones: Disclosing the Macrocyclic Privilege", A. Passera, A. Mezzetti, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 187 (Hot Paper) external page (Inside Back Cover Picture). external page DOI:10.1002/anie.201912605.
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"Mn(I) and Fe(II)/PN(H)P Catalysts for the Hydrogenation of Ketones: A Comparison by Experiment and Calculation", A. Passera, A. Mezzetti, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2019, 361, 4691 external page (Inside Cover Picture). external page DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201900671.
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"Which future for stereogenic phosphorus? Lessons from P* pincer complexes of iron(II)", R. Huber, A. Passera, A. Mezzetti, ChemComm 2019, 55, 9251. external page DOI: 10.1039/C9CC03910D.
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"Asymmetric Reduction of Polar Double Bonds", R. Bigler, L. De Luca, R. Huber, A. Mezzetti in Non-Noble Metal Catalysis: Molecular Approaches and Reactions (Eds.: J. M. K. Gebbink, M.-E. Moret), Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2019. external page ISBN: 978-3-527-34061-3.
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"Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation with a Bifunctional Iron(II) Hydride: Experiment Meets Computation", L. De Luca, A. Passera, A. Mezzetti, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 2545. external page DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b12506.
"P‐Stereogenic PN(H)P Iron(II) Catalysts for the Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Ketones: The Importance of Non‐Covalent Interactions in Rational Ligand Design by Computation", R. Huber, A. Passera, E. Gubler, A. Mezzetti, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2018, 360, 2900. external page DOI:10.1002/adsc.201800433.
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"Base-free Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of 1,2-Di- and Monoketones Catalyzed by a Chiral Iron(II) Hydride", L. De Luca, A. Mezzetti, CHIMIA 2018, 72, 233. external page DOI:10.2533/chimia.2018.233.
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"Iron(II)-Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Acetophenone with a Chiral, Pyridine-Based PNP Pincer Ligand: Support for an Outer-Sphere Mechanism", R. Huber, A. Passera, A. Mezzetti, Organometallics 2018, 37, 396. external page DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00816.
2017
"Base-Free Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of 1,2-Di- and Monoketones Catalyzed by a (NH)2P2-Macrocyclic Iron(II) Hydride", L. De Luca, A. Mezzetti, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 11949. external page DOI: 10.1002/anie.201706261.
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"Iron Complexes with Chiral N/P Macrocycles as Catalysts for Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation", A. Mezzetti, Isr. J. Chem. 2017, 57, 1090. external page DOI: 10.1002/ijch.201700035.
2016
"Batch and Continuous Flow Hydrogenation of Liquid and Gaseous Alkenes Catalyzed by a Silica-grafted Iridium(III) Hydride", M. Rimoldi, A. Mezzetti, Helv. Chim. Acta 2016, 99, 908. external page DOI: 10.1002/hlca.201600184.
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"Iron(II)/(NH)2P2 Macrocycles: Modular, Highly Enantioselective Transfer Hydrogenation Catalysts", R. Bigler, R. Huber, M. Stöckli, A. Mezzetti, ACS Catal. 2016, 6, 6455. external page DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.6b01872.
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"Highly Enantioselective Transfer Hydrogenation of Polar Double Bonds by Macrocyclic Iron(II) / (NH)2P2 Catalysts", R. Bigler, A. Mezzetti, Org. Process Res. Dev. 2016, 20, 253. external page DOI: 10.1021/acs.oprd.5b00391. This article was recapped in Chemical & Engineering News.
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"Iron Chemistry Made Easy: Chiral N2P2 Ligands for Asymmetric Catalysis", R. Bigler, R. Huber, A. Mezzetti, Synlett 2016, 27, 831. external page DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1560405.
2015
"Catalytic hydrogenation of liquid alkenes with a silica-grafted hydride pincer iridium(III) complex: support for a heterogeneous mechanism", M. Rimoldi, D. Fodor, J. van Bokhoven, A. Mezzetti, Catal. Sci. Technol. 2015, 5, 4575. external page DOI: 10.1039/C5CY00837A
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"Chiral Iron(II) NPPN Complexes: Synthesis and Application in the Asymmetric Strecker Reaction of Azomethine Imines" R. Huber, R. Bigler, A. Mezzetti, Organometallics, 2015, 34, 3374. external page DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.5b00357
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"Highly Enantioselective Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketones with Chiral (NH)2P2 Macrocyclic Iron(II) Complexes" R. Bigler, R. Huber, A. Mezzetti, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 5171. external page DOI: 10.1002/anie.201501807
2014
"Isonitrile Iron(II) Complexes with Chiral N2P2 Macrocycles in the Enantioselective Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketones" R. Bigler, A. Mezzetti, Org. Lett., 2014, 16, 6460. external page DOI: 10.1021/ol503295c
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"Silica-Grafted 16-Electron Hydride Pincer Complexes of Iridium(III) and Their Soluble Analogues: Synthesis and Reactivity with CO" M. Rimoldi, A. Mezzetti, Inorg. Chem., 2014, 53, 11974. external page DOI: 10.1021/ic501593k
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"Chiral Macrocyclic N2P2 Ligands and Iron(II): A Marriage of Interest" R. Bigler, E. Otth, A. Mezzetti; Organometallics, 2014, 33, 4086. external page DOI: 10.1021/om5005989
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"Site isolated complexes of late transition metals grafted on silica: challenges and chances for synthesis and catalysis" M. Rimoldi, A. Mezzetti, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2014, 4, 2724. external page DOI: 10.1039/C4CY00450G
2013
"A stable 16-electron iridium(III) hydride complex grafted on SBA-15: a single-site catalyst for alkene hydrogenation" M. Rimoldi, D. Fodor, J. A. van Bokhoven, A. Mezzetti; Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 11314. external page DOI: 10.1039/C3CC47296E
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"Highly Enantioselective Ruthenium/PNNP-Catalyzed Imine Aziridination: Evidence of Carbene Transfer from a Diazoester Complex" J. Egloff, M. Ranocchiari, A. Schira, C. Schotes, A. Mezzetti; Organometallics, 2013, 32, 4690. external page DOI: 10.1021/om400735p
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"Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Ketones with H2 and Ruthenium Catalysts Containing Chiral Tetradentate S2N2 Ligands" R. Patchett, I. Magpantay, L. Saudan, C. Schotes, A. Mezzetti, F. Santoro; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2013, 52, 10352. external page DOI: 10.1002/anie.201304844