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Manganese Oxide Nanoparticle Synthesis by Thermal Decomposition of Manganese(II) Acetylacetonate
Published on: June 18, 2020
Recent synthetic applications of manganese in organic synthesis
José M Concellón1, Humberto Rodríguez-Solla, Vicente Del Amo
1Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, University of Oviedo, Julian Clavería, 7, 33071 Oviedo, Spain. jmcg@uniovi.es
Abstract:
While the organometallic compounds derived from many metals have found a broad application in organic synthesis, the use of organomanganese compounds has only recently been developed due to the passivity exhibited by commercial Mn in the direct metalation of organic compounds. In this Concept article, we highlight the potential of manganese and its organometallic compounds in organic synthesis by illustration of the studies previously reported by others and our laboratory in this field. Based on the transformations reported herein, organomanganese compounds could become important tools in the future of the organic synthesis, due to their high selectivity.
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