Cooperative ligands enable cobalt-catalysed hydrogenation

Nature Chemistry, Published online: 26 September 2025; doi:10.1038/s41557-025-01944-3

The partial hydrogenation of multi-substituted allenes is a highly useful reaction but impeded by difficult selectivity control. Now, pincer cobalt catalysts enable this transformation through metal–ligand cooperative interactions, achieving ligand-controlled selective allene semihydrogenation in a divergent manner.

​Nature Chemistry, Published online: 26 September 2025; doi:10.1038/s41557-025-01944-3The partial hydrogenation of multi-substituted allenes is a highly useful reaction but impeded by difficult selectivity control. Now, pincer cobalt catalysts enable this transformation through metal–ligand cooperative interactions, achieving ligand-controlled selective allene semihydrogenation in a divergent manner. Read More

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