During the last decade, this division developed an intense research activity on the chemistry and catalytic applications of N-heterocylic-carbene-based organotransition metal catalysts. In this regard, most of the activity has been devoted to the preparation of new catalysts for the activation of small molecules, paying special attention to processes implying the activation of C-H bonds, carbon dioxide, and reactions implying borrowing-hydrogen methodologies. When designing a metal-based catalyst it is important to consider that the availability and accessibility of ligands are going to determine the applicability of the complex, because a very effective catalyst with difficult-to-obtain ligands is going to hardly attract the chemical industry. This is the reason why the main objective of our research has been the preparation of easy-to-make ligands that may introduce properties that go beyond those derived from their inherent stereoelectronic character.

The current research interest of the division is:

  • The design of catalysts for tandem catalytic reactions. Several homo- and heterodimetalic complexes have been obtained for this purpose. The use of heterodimetallic complexes of Ir/Rh and Ir/Pd, allowed for studying their activity in catalytic tandem processes in which each metal mediated a mechanistically distinct reaction. An interesting feature of polymetallic complexes is their potential ability to show physical and chemical properties that vary substantially compared to those shown by their monometalic analogues. Some of these differences are attributed to the possibility for metal-metal interactions, also referred to as ‘cooperative effect’.
  • The preparation of homogeneous catalysts with rigid polyaromatic tags. The presence of the rigid polyaromatic core facilitates Π-stacking interactions between the ligand and the aromatic substrates. We studied the influence of Π-stacking in the catalytic properties of complexes with polyaromatic ligands. By establishing the fundamental understanding of this influence we introduced a new valuable parameter for the design of effective catalysts. In our studies we now pursue special attention to processes implying the formation of C-C and C-heteroatom bonds, due to the great demand of synthetic procedures that allow the preparation of organic molecules with high added value.
  • Preparation of three-dimensional organometallic molecules with cavities, for the recognition of small molecules and selective catalysts. The aim of this action is to design and develop novel ligands for the preparation of organometallic three-dimensional structures with well-defined cavities. Among these types of ligands, special interest is given to the development of NHC-based cavitands (host molecules with open-ended enforced concave cavities), for the selective encapsulation and ulterior activation of alkanes.
  • All the members of the groups have a very vast experience in the synthesis, characterization and evaluation of the catalytic properties of organotransition metal complexes.

Short Biography of Prof. Peris

Eduardo Peris (Researcher ID: C-8608-2013)graduated in Chemistry in 1988 in Valencia. He received his Ph.D. Degree in Chemistry (1991) in the Universidad de Valencia, under the supervision of Prof. Pascual Lahuerta. In 1994 he joined Robert Crabtree’s group at Yale University, where he stayed for two years, working on a research project regarding the determination of hydrogen bonding to metal hydrides (dihydrogen bond). In October 1995 he moved to the Universitat Jaume I (Castellón-Spain) as an Assistant Professor (1995-1997), Lecturer (1997-2007) and finally Professor of Inorganic Chemistry. At the Universitat Jaume I he started a research project related to the use of organometallic push-pull compounds with non-linear-optical properties. The current interest of his group is the design of new polytopic rigid N-heterocyclic carbene ligands (NHCs) that can be applied to the preparation of improved catalysts and advanced materials with attractive physical properties. He has published over 170 research articles, which currently achieved more than 9400 citations. His h-index is 52. In 2007-2011 he belonged to the editorial board of Organometallics. In 2012 he was awarded the ‘Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry ’ award in the field of Inorganic Chemistry Research. In September 2014, he was elected President of the Spanish Organometallic Chemistry Division (GEQO), from the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry (RSEQ).

Publications

2024

  1. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024, 63, e202318829.
    Ibáñez, S.; Salvà, P.; Dawe, L.; Peris, E.
    Guest-shuttling in a Nanosized Metallobox.

2023

  1. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023, 62, e202313899.
    Vivas, S.Martínez; Gusev, D.G.; Poyatos, M.; Peris, E.
    Tuning the Catalytic Activity of a Pincer Complex of Rhodium(I) by Supramolecular and Redox Stimuli.
  2. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023, 62, e202307198.
    Ibáñez, S.; Swiderek, K.; Peris, E.
    Supramolecular control of the oxidative addition as a way to improve the catalytic efficiency of pincer-rhodium (I) complexes.
  3. ChemCatChem, 2023, e202300394.
    Passos, L.H.R.; Martínez-Agramunt, V.; Gussev, D.; Peris, E.; Santos, E.Ndos
    A Sustainable Approach to Selective Hydrogenation of Unsaturated Esters and Aldehydes with Ruthenium Catalysts.
  4. Organometallics, 2023, 42,
    Gutiérrez-Peña, C.; Poyatos, M.; Peris, E.
    Dehydrative Coupling of Alcohols by Iridium(III) Complexes with N-Heterocyclic-Pyridine Chelating Ligands Decorated with Naphthalene-Diimide.
  5. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023, 62, e202301914.
    Ibáñez, S.; Swiderek, K.; Peris, E.
    Unlocking a (Pseudo)-Mechanically Interlocked Molecule with a Coronene "Shoehorn".

2022

  1. Chemical Communications, 2022, 58, 10564-10567 .
    Gutiérrez-Peña, C.; Poyatos, M.; Peris, E.
    A redox-switchable catalyst with an 'unplugged' redox tag.
  2. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022, 61, e202208189.
    López-Moreno, A.; Ibáñez, S.; Da Silva, S.Moreno; Ruiz-González, L.; Sabanés, N.Martín; Peris, E.; Pérez, E.M.
    Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Encapsulated within Metallacycles.
  3. Chemistry - A European Journal, 2022, 28, e202201384.
    Ruíz-Zambrana, C.; Dubey, R.K.; Poyatos, M.; Mateo-Alonso, A.; Peris, E.
    Redox-Switchable Complexes Based on Nanographene-NHCs.
  4. ACS Catalysis, 2022, 12, 4465–4472.
    Ruíz-Zambrana, C.; Poyatos, M.; Peris, E.
    A Redox-Switchable Gold(I) Complex for the Hydroamination of Acetylenes: A Convenient Way for Studying Ligand-Derived Electronic Effects.
  5. Inorganic Chemistry, 2022, 61, 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c00677.
    Ibáñez, S.; Peris, E.
    "Lock and Key" and "Induced-Fit" Host-Guest Models in Two Digold(I)-Based Metallotweezers.
  6. Tetrahedron Chem, 2022, 2, 100018.
    Valencia, E.; Poyatos, M.; Peris, E.
    ‘Pincer-tweezer’ tetraimidazolium salts as hosts for halides.
  7. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022, 61, e202112513.
    Ibáñez, S.; Vicent, C.; Peris, E.
    Clippane: A Mechanically Interlocked Molecule (MIM) Based on Molecular Tweezers.

2021

  1. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2021, 60, 20003-20011.
    Ruíz-Zambrana, C.; Gutierrez-Blanco, A.; Gonell, S.; Poyatos, M.; Peris, E.
    Redox-Switchable Cycloisomerization of Alkynoic Acids with Napthalenediimide-Derived N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes.
  2. Dalton Transactions, 2021, 50, 12748-12763 .
    Poyatos, M.; Peris, E.
    Insights into the past and future of Janus-di-N-heterocyclic carbenes.
  3. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2021, 2434-2545.
    Gutierrez-Blanco, A.; Dobbe, C.; Hepp, A.; Daniliuc, C.G.; Poyatos, M.; Hahn, E.; Peris, E.
    Synthesis and Characterization of Poly-NHC-Derived Silver(I) Assemblies and Their Transformation into Poly-Imidazolium Macrocycles.
  4. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2021, 60, 15412-15417.
    Vicent, C.; Martínez-Agramunt, V.; Gandhi, V.; Larriba-Andaluz, C.; Gusev, D.G.; Peris, E.
    Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry Uncovers Guest-Induced Distortions in a Supramolecular Organometallic Metallosquare.
  5. Chemistry - A European Journal, 2021, 27, 9661-9665.
    Ibáñez, S.; Peris, E.
    Shape-Adaptability and Redox-Switching Properties of a Di-Gold Metallotweezer.
  6. Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2021, 5, 956-962.
    Arcas, R.; Peris, E.; Mas-Marzá, E.; Fabregat-Santiago, F.
    Revealing the contribution of singlet oxygen in the photoelectrochemical oxidation of benzyl alcohol.

2020

  1. Organometallics, 2020, 39, 4078–4084.
    Ibáñez, S.; Gussev, D.; Peris, E.
    Unexpected Influence of Substituents on the Binding Affinities of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons with a Tetra-Au(I) Metallorectangle.
  2. Chemistry - A European Journal, 2020, 26, 11565-11570.
    Dobbe, C.; Gutierrez-Blanco, A.; Tan, T.Tsai Yuan; Hepp, A.; Poyatos, M.; Peris, E.; Hahn, E.
    Template-Controlled Synthesis of Polyimidazolium Salts by Multiple [2+2] Cycloaddition Reactions.
  3. Accounts of Chemical Research, 2020, 53, 1401–1413.
    Ibáñez, S.; Poyatos, M.; Peris, E.
    N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: A Door Open to Supramolecular Organometallic Chemistry.
  4. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2020, 917, 121284.
    Ibáñez, S.; Poyatos, M.; Peris, E.
    Preparation and self-aggregation properties of a series of pyrene-imidazolylidene complexes of gold (I).
  5. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020, 59, 6860-6865.
    Ibáñez, S.; Peris, E.
    Dimensional Matching versus Induced-Fit Distortions: Binding Affinities of Planar and Curved Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons with a Tetragold Metallorectangle.
  6. Dalton Transactions, 2020, 49, 3181-3186.
    Ruiz-Botella, S.; Vidossich, P.; Ujaque, G.; Peris, E.
    A resorcinarene-based tetrabenzoimidazolylidene complex of rhodium.

2019

  1. Organometallics, 2019, 38, 4565-4569.
    Gutierrez-Blanco, A.; Ibáñez, S.; Hahn, E.; Poyatos, M.; Peris, E.
    A Twisted Tetragold Cyclophane from a Fused Bis-Imidazolindiylidene.
  2. Chemical Communications, 2019, 55, 14972-14975.
    Martínez-Agramunt, V.; Peris, E.
    A palladium-hinged organometallic square with a perfect-sized cavity for the encapsulation of three heteroguests.
  3. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2019, 33, 3776-3781.
    Gonell, S.; Peris, E.; Poyatos, M.
    Structural Features of Mono‐ and Dimetallic Complexes of Palladium Combining Two Types of Aromatic NHC Ligands.
  4. Inorganic Chemistry, 2019, 58, 11836-11842.
    Martínez-Agramunt, V.; Peris, E.
    Photocatalytic Properties of a Palladium Metallosquare with Encapsulated Fullerenes via Singlet Oxygen Generation.
  5. Chemistry - A European Journal, 2019, 35, 8254-8258 .
    Ibáñez, S.; Peris, E.
    A matter of fidelity: self‐sorting behavior of di‐gold metallotweezers.
  6. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2019, 58, 6693-6697.
    Ibáñez, S.; Peris, E.
    A Rigid Trigonal‐Prismatic Hexagold Metallocage That Behaves as a Coronene Trap.
  7. Organometallics, 2019, 38, 2120-2131.
    Böhmer, M.; Guisado-Barrios, G.; Kampert, F.; Roelfes, F.; Tan, T.Tsai Yuan; Peris, E.; Hahn, E.
    Synthesis and Catalytic Applications of Heterobimetallic Carbene Complexes Obtained via Sequential Metalation of Two Bisazolium Salts.
  8. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2019, 58, 5682-5686.
    Martínez-Agramunt, V.; Eder, T.; Darmandeh, H.; Guisado-Barrios, G.; Peris, E.
    A Size‐Flexible Organometallic Box for the Encapsulation of Fullerenes.
  9. Organometallics, 2019, 38, 697-701.
    Al-Shnani, F.; Guisado-Barrios, G.; Sainz, D.; Peris, E.
    Tris-triazolium Salts as Anion Receptors and as Precursors for the Preparation of Cylinder-like Coordination Cages.
  10. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2019, 131, 5738-5742.
    Martinez-Agramunt, V.; Eder, T.; Darmandeh, H.; Guisado-Barrios, G.; Peris, E.
    A size-flexible organometallic box for the encapsulation of fullerenes.

2018

  1. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2018, 57, 16816-16820.
    Ibáñez, S.; Poyatos, M.; Peris, E.
    The Complex Coordination Landscape of a Digold(I) U‐Shaped Metalloligand.
  2. Chemistry - A European Journal, 2018, 24, 14802-14807.
    Martínez-Agramunt, V.; Gussev, D.; Peris, E.
    A Shape-Adaptable Organometallic Supramolecular Coordination Cage for the Encapsulation of Fullerenes.
  3. Organometallics, 2018, 37, 4070-4076.
    Gutierrez-Blanco, A.; Peris, E.; Poyatos, M.
    Pyrene-Connected Tetraimidazolylidene Complexes of Iridium and Rhodium. Structural Features and Catalytic Applications.
  4. Organometallics, 2018, 37, 4092–4099.
    Böhmer, M.; Kampert, F.; Tan, T.Tsai Yuan; Guisado, G.; Peris, E.; Hahn, E.
    Ir-III/Au-I and Rh-III/Au-I Heterobimetallic Complexes as Catalysts for the Coupling of Nitrobenzene and Benzylic Alcohol.
  5. Organometallics, 2018, 37, 4092-4099.
    Böhmer, M.; Kampert, F.; Tan, T.Tsai Yuan; Guisado-Barrios, G.; Peris, E.; Hahn, E.
    IrIII/AuI and RhIII/AuI Heterobimetallic Complexes as Catalysts for the Coupling of Nitrobenzene and Benzylic Alcohol.
  6. Organometallics, 2018, 37, 3407-3411.
    Nuevo, D.; Poyatos, M.; Peris, E.
    A Dinuclear Au(I) Complex with a Pyrene-di-N-heterocyclic Carbene Linker: Supramolecular and Catalytic Studies.
  7. Chemistry - A European Journal, 2018, 24, 8424-8431.
    Ibáñez, S.; Peris, E.
    Chemically Tunable Formation of Different Discrete, Oligomeric, and Polymeric Self-Assembled Structures from Digold Metallotweezers.
  8. Organometallics, 2018, 37, 1795-1800.
    Gutierrez-Blanco, A.; Fernández-Moreira, V.; Gimeno, M.Concepció; Peris, E.; Poyatos, M.
    Tetra-Au(I) Complexes Bearing a Pyrene Tetraalkynyl Connector Behave as Fluorescence Torches.
  9. Polyhedron, 2018, 143, 43-48.
    Kleinhans, G.; Guisado-Barrios, G.; Peris, E.; Bezuidenhout, D.I.
    Ruthenium(II) pincer complexes featuring an anionic CNC bis(1,2,3-triazol-5-ylidene)carbazolide ligand coordinated in a meridional fashion.
  10. ChemCatChem, 2018, 10, 1874-1881 .
    Ruiz-Botella, S.; Peris, E.
    Immobilization of Pyrene-Adorned N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes of Rhodium(I) on Reduced Graphene Oxide and Study of their Catalytic Activity.
  11. Chemical Society Reviews, 2018, 47, 1959-1968 .
    Peris, E.; Crabtree, R.H.
    Key factors in pincer ligand design.
  12. Chemical Reviews, 2018, 118, 9988-10031.
    Peris, E.
    Smart N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands in Catalysis.

2017

  1. Chemistry - A European Journal, 2017, 23, 14439-14444.
    Biz, C.; Ibáñez, S.; Poyatos, M.; Gussev, D.; Peris, E.
    Gold(I) Metallo-Tweezers for the Recognition of Functionalized Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Combined pi-pi Stacking and H-Bonding.
  2. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2017, 56, 9786 –9790.
    Ibáñez, S.; Poyatos, M.; Peris, E.
    Cation-Driven Self-Assembly of a Gold(I)-Based Metallo-Tweezer.
  3. Chemistry - A European Journal, 2017, 23, 10644-10651.
    Mejuto, C.; Escobar, L.; Guisado, G.; Gussev, D.; Ballester, P.; Peris, E.
    Self-Assembly of Di-N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Gold-Adorned Corannulenes on C-60.