TY - JOUR TI - Catalytic activation of carbon–hydrogen and carbon–oxygen bonds DO - https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3MK6BCW PY - 2014 AB - Efficient catalytic methods for the transformation of C–H, O–H, and C–O bonds are key to the efficient generation of both complex molecules and commodity chemicals, and for the processing of biomass. The work presented in this dissertation attempts to address these various goals using organocatalytic and organometallic approaches. Several new types of reactions have been developed: the hydride shift-triggered C–H functionalization using a bisnucleophile, the organometallic-catalyzed intermolecular olefin hydroaryloxylation, and the atom-economic C–O bond cleavage of aryl alkyl ethers. A new type of POP pincer ligand was developed and applied to investigate pincer rhodium hydride complexes, leading to the discovery of a robust olefin isomerization catalyst. KW - Chemistry and Chemical Biology KW - Carbon KW - Hydrogen KW - Catalysts LA - eng ER -