Chinese scholars have made progress in the study of active intermediates

Figure Structure, properties and catalytic study of amino anionic metal hydrogen active intermediates

With the support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (approval number: 22171159, 21822106), Liu Qiang's research group of Tsinghua University and the Lanyu research group of Zhengzhou University cooperated to make progress
in the separation characterization and synthesis of catalytic hydrogenation reactive intermediates 。 The research results were published on September 12, 2022 in the journal "Structure, reactivity and catalytic properties of manganese-hydride amidate complexes".

Catalyzing hydrogenation is a critical step
in the synthesis of many organic chemicals, fine chemicals, and pharmaceutical molecules.

Liu Qiang and Lan Yu's research team believe that using 3d abundant metals with small atomic radii as the central metal can narrow the distance between negative hydrogen and alkali metal ions, and it is expected to use the auxiliary coordination of alkali metal ions to stabilize the amino anionic metal hydrogen intermediate
.

The experimental part of the above research work was completed by Liu Qiang's team of Tsinghua University, and the theoretical calculation part was completed
by the team of Lan Yu of Zhengzhou University.