Aspects of Homogeneous Catalysis : A Series of Advances Volume 1

Front Matter....Pages i-1 Recent Advances in Homogeneous Hydrogenation of Carbon-Carbon Multiple Bonds....Pages 3-75 Stereoselectivity in Organic Syntheses Involving Nickel-co-ordinated Intermediates....Pages 77-105 Dimerization and Co-dimerization of Olefinic Compounds by Co-ordination Catalysis....Pages 107-201 Selective Homogeneous Hydrogenation of Dienes and Polyenes to Monoenes....Pages 203-267 Back Matter....Pages 269-277 Among the first examples of a nitrogen-containing heterocycle to be formed by homogeneous catalysis is the triazine shown in Equation 1 which is the product of the trimerization of benzonitrile in the presence of iron penta carbonyl or Raney­ nickel [4] .