Dr. Christian Frech Nabold

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Oberholzer, M. and Frech Nabold, C. M. (2014) 'Mizoroki-Heck cross-coupling reactions catalyzed by dichloro{bis[1,1′,1″-(phosphinetriyl)tripiperidine]}palladium under mild reaction conditions', Journal of Visualized Experiments. doi: 10.3791/51444.
• Oberholzer, M. and Frech Nabold, C. M. (2013) 'Mizoroki–Heck reactions catalyzed by palladium dichloro-bis(aminophosphine) complexes under mild reaction conditions : the importance of ligand composition on the catalytic activity', Green Chemistry, 2013(6), pp. 1678–1686. doi: 10.1039/c3gc40493e.
• Gerber, R., Oberholzer, M. and Frech, C. M. (2012) 'Cyanation of aryl bromides with K4[Fe(CN)6] catalyzed by Dichloro[bis{1-(dicyclohexylphosphanyl)piperidine}]palladium, a molecular source of nanoparticles, and the reactions involved in the catalyst-deactivation processes', Chemistry - A European Journal, 18(10), pp. 2978–2986. doi: 10.1002/chem.201102936.
• Oberholzer, M., Gerber, R. and Frech, C. M. (2012) 'Mizoroki-Heck reactions catalyzed by dichloro{bis[1-(dicyclohexylphosphanyl)piperidine]}palladium : palladium nanoparticle formation promoted by (water-Induced) ligand degradation', Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 354(4), pp. 627–641. doi: 10.1002/adsc.201100646.
• Gerber, R. and Frech, C. M. (2012) 'Alkyne hydrothiolation catalyzed by a dichlorobis(aminophosphine) complex of palladium : selective formation of cis-configured vinyl thioethers', Chemistry - A European Journal, 18(29), pp. 8901–8905. doi: 10.1002/chem.201200388.
• Bolliger, J. L., Oberholzer, M. and Frech, C. M. (2011) 'Access to 2-aminopyridines : compounds of great biological and chemical significance', Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 353(6), pp. 945–954. doi: 10.1002/adsc.201000942.
• Gerber, R. and Frech, C. M. (2011) 'Negishi cross-coupling reactions catalyzed by an aminophosphine-based nickel system : a reliable and general applicable reaction protocol for the high-yielding synthesis of biaryls', Chemistry - A European Journal, 17(42), pp. 11893–11904. doi: 10.1002/chem.201101037.
• Gerber, R., Blacque, O. and Frech Nabold, C. M. (2011) 'Negishi cross-coupling reaction catalyzed by an aliphatic, phosphine based pincer complex of palladium biaryl formation via cationic pincer-type PdIV intermediates', Dalton Transactions, 40(35), pp. 8996–9003. doi: 10.1039/c1dt10398a.
• Agrawal, D., Schröder, D. and Frech, C. M. (2011) 'Observation of binuclear palladium clusters upon ESI-MS monitoring of the Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling catalyzed by a dichloro-bis(aminophosphine) complex of palladium', Organometallics, 30(13), pp. 3579–3587. doi: 10.1021/om200274z.
• Fetz, M. et al. (2011) 'Hydrolysis of ammonia borane catalyzed by aminophosphine-stabilized precursors of rhodium nanoparticles : ligand effects and solvent-controlled product formation', Chemistry - A European Journal, 17(17), pp. 4732–4736. doi: 10.1002/chem.201003543.
• Maccaroni, E. et al. (2010) 'Water soluble phosphine rhenium complexes', Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 695(4), pp. 487–494. doi: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2009.11.031.
• Jiang, Y. et al. (2010) 'Facile synthetic access to rhenium(II) complexes : activation of carbon-bromine bonds by single-electron transfer', Chemistry - A European Journal, 16(7), pp. 2240–2249. doi: 10.1002/chem.200902600.
• Bolliger, J. L. and Frech, C. M. (2010) '[Pd(Cl)2{P(NC5H10)(C6H11)2}2] - a highly effective and extremely versatile palladium-based Negishi catalyst that efficiently and reliably operates at low catalyst loadings', Chemistry - A European Journal, 16(36), pp. 11072–11081. doi: 10.1002/chem.201001201.
• Gerber, R., Fox, T. and Frech, Christian M. (2010) 'P Csp3 P and P Csp2 P palladium(II) hydride pincer complexes : small structural difference-large effect on reactivity', Chemistry - A European Journal, 16(23), pp. 6771–6775. doi: 10.1002/chem.201000247.
• Blacque, O. and Frech, Christian M. (2010) 'Pincer-type Heck catalysts and mechanisms based on PdIV intermediates : a computational study', Chemistry - A European Journal, 16(5), pp. 1521–1531. doi: 10.1002/chem.200902091.
• Frech, C. M. (2010) 'Reactions within molecular single crystals of inorganic and organometallic compounds : recent advances and implications for catalysis', ChemCatChem, 2(11), pp. 1387–1389. doi: 10.1002/cctc.201000222.
• Bolliger, J. L. and Frech, Christian M. (2010) 'The 1,3-diaminobenzene-derived aminophosphine palladium pincer complex {C6H3[NHP(piperidinyl)2]2Pd(Cl)} : a highly active Suzuki-Miyaura catalyst with excellent functional group tolerance', Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 352(6), pp. 1075–1080. doi: 10.1002/adsc.200900848.
• Bolliger, J. L. and Frech, Christian M. (2010) 'Dichloro-bis(aminophosphine) complexes of palladium : highly convenient, reliable and extremely active Suzuki-Miyaura catalysts with excellent functional group tolerance', Chemistry - A European Journal, 16(13), pp. 4075–4081. doi: 10.1002/chem.200903309.
• Jiang, Y. et al. (2009) 'Highly selective dehydrogenative silylation of alkenes catalyzed by rhenium complexes', Chemistry - A European Journal, 15(9), pp. 2121–2128. doi: 10.1002/chem.200802019.
• Jiang, Y. et al. (2009) 'From alkynes to carbenes mediated by [Re(Br)(H)(NO)(PR3)2] (R = Cy,iPr) complexes', Organometallics, 28(16), pp. 4670–4680. doi: 10.1021/om900459x.
• Gerber, R., Blacque, O. and Frech, Christian M. (2009) 'Suzuki cross-coupling reactions catalyzed by an aliphatic phosphine-based pincer complex of palladium : evidence for a molecular mechanism', ChemCatChem, 1(3), pp. 393–400. doi: 10.1002/cctc.200900169.
• Bolliger, J. L. and Frech, Christian M. (2009) 'Highly convenient, clean, fast, and reliable Sonogashira coupling reactions promoted by aminophosphine-based pincer complexes of palladium performed under additive- and amine-free reaction conditions', Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 351(6), pp. 891–902. doi: 10.1002/adsc.200900112.
• Frech, C. M., Shimon, L. J. W. and Milstein, D. (2009) 'Unsaturated Rh(I) and Rh(III) naphthyl-based PCP complexes : major steric effect on reactivity', Organometallics, 28(6), pp. 1900–1908. doi: 10.1021/om801147w.
• Frech, C. M. et al. (2009) 'Reactivity of cationic dinitrosyl bisphosphine rhenium complexes toward acetylene : base-controlled product formation', Organometallics, 28(18), pp. 5333–5340. doi: 10.1021/om9003412.
• Bolliger, J. L. and Frech, C. M. (2009) 'Transition metal-free amination of aryl halides : a simple and reliable method for the efficient and high-yielding synthesis of N-arylated amines', Tetrahedron, 65(6), pp. 1180–1187. doi: 10.1016/j.tet.2008.11.072.
• Bolliger, J. L. and Frech, C. M. (2009) 'Aminophosphine palladium pincer complexes for Suzuki and Heck reactions', Chimia, 63(1-2), pp. 23–28. doi: 10.2533/chimia.2009.23.
• Bolliger, J. L., Blacque, O. and Frech, Christian M. (2008) 'Rationally designed pincer-type Heck catalysts bearing aminophosphine substituents : PdIV intermediates and palladium nanoparticles', Chemistry - A European Journal, 14(26), pp. 7969–7977. doi: 10.1002/chem.200800441.
• Frech, C. M., Leitus, G. and Milstein, D. (2008) 'Processes involved in the reduction of a cyclometalated palladium(II) complex', Organometallics, 27(5), pp. 894–899. doi: 10.1021/om7008815.
• Bolliger, J. L., Blacque, O. and Frech, Christian M. (2007) 'Short, facile, and high-yielding synthesis of extremely efficient pincer-type Suzuki catalysts bearing aminophosphine substituents', Angewandte Chemie: International Edition, 46(34), pp. 6514–6517. doi: 10.1002/anie.200701804.
• Frech, Christian M., Shimon, Linda J.  W. and Milstein, D. (2007) 'Methylene transfer from SnMe groups mediated by a rhodium(I) pincer complex: Sn-C, C-C, and C-H bond activation', Chemistry - A European Journal, 13(26), pp. 7501–7509. doi: 10.1002/chem.200700320.
• Bolliger, J. L., Blacque, O. and Frech, C. M. (2007) 'Bis[2,6-bis(dipiperidin-1-ylphosphanyloxy)phenyl]bromidopalladium(II)', Acta Crystallographica, E63(m3086). doi: 10.1107/S1600536807059405.
• Frech, C. M. et al. (2006) 'Ligand controlled dioxygen oxidation of rhenium nitrosyl complexes', Dalton Transactions, 35(38), pp. 4590–4598. doi: 10.1039/b604858g.
• Frech, Christian M., Shimon, Linda J.  W. and Milstein, D. (2006) 'Ligand-controlled formation of a low-valent pincer rhodium(I)–dioxygen adduct bearing a very short O-O Bond', Helvetica Chimica Acta, 89(8), pp. 1730–1739. doi: 10.1002/hlca.200690170.
• Frech, C. M. et al. (2006) 'Metal-controlled reactivity of a pincer-type, σ-coordinated naphthyl radical anion', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 128(22), pp. 7128–7129. doi: 10.1021/ja0615066.
• Frech, C. M. and Milstein, D. (2006) 'Direct observation of reductive elimination of methyl iodide from a rhodium(III) pincer complex : the importance of sterics', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 128(38), pp. 12434–12435. doi: 10.1021/ja064945d.
• Frech, C. M. et al. (2006) 'Metal nitrosyl reactivity : acetonitrile-promoted insertion of an alkylidene into a nitrosyl ligand with fission of the NO bond', Chemistry - A European Journal, 12(20), pp. 5199–5209. doi: 10.1002/chem.200600286.
• Frech Nabold, C. M. et al. (2006) 'Unprecedented ROMP activity of low-valent rhenium-nitrosyl complexes : mechanistic evaluation of an electrophilic olefin metathesis system', Chemistry - A European Journal, 12(12), pp. 3325–3338. doi: 10.1002/chem.200501025.
• Frech, C. M., Shimon, L. J. W. and Milstein, D. (2005) 'Redox-induced collapse and regeneration of a pincer-type complex framework : a nonplanar coordination mode of palladium(II)', Angewandte Chemie: International Edition, 44(11), pp. 1709–1711. doi: 10.1002/anie.200462386.
• Frech, C. M. et al. (2004) 'Reactions of [Re(NO)2(PR3)2][BArF4] complexes with phenylacetylene', Russian Chemical Bulletin, 53(5), pp. 1116–1120. doi: 10.1023/B:RUCB.0000041309.19570.1d.

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

Frech, C. M., Blacque, O. and Berke, H. (2006) 'Dinitrosyl rhenium complexes for ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP)', in Pure and Applied Chemistry. Berlin: De Gruyter, pp. 1877–1887. doi: 10.1351/pac200678101877.

Other publications

Berke, H. et al. (2005) 'New catalysts for ROMP', Journal of Fudan University, 44(4), p. 625.

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