A reusable Pd(NH₃)₂Cl₂/cationic 2,2′-bipyridyl system catalyzed the conjugate addition of arylboronic acids to α,β-unsaturated enones in water at pH = 1.0 under air, giving the products in good to high yields. After reaction, the residual aqueous solution could be reused several times.

Three new and another three reported phosphorus-free Ni(II) diamine compounds were prepared and characterized. The catalytic tests of these compounds for hydrogenation of acetophenone revealed some catalytic effects in ionic hydrogenation of acetophenone using H₂ gas as hydrogen source.

A novel palladium catalyst supported on shell powder has been prepared, and its application to the Heck reaction of aryl iodides with olefins has been reported. The results showed that the novel catalyst had extremely high activities for the reactions with the average yield over 90%. Also, this catalyst showed excellent stability in Heck reactions, being reused three times. The catalyst was characterized by X-ray powder diffraction and field-emission scanned electron microscopy images, and the energy dispersive X-ray analyzer.

The interaction of one five-coordinated complex iron(III) with CT-DNA has been studied by using absorption and emission spectral methods. Moreover, the complex can effectively promote the cleavage of plasmid DNA in the presence and/or absence of activating agents at physiological pH and temperature.

Methylaluminoxane (MAO) is usually used as a cocatalyst in catalyzed chain-growth polymerization combined with dialkylzincs. However, until now, direct experimental proof of such an exchange process and its effect on polymer structures has not been reported. The alkyl exchange reaction between dialkylzinc compounds and MAO was investigated and the effect of this alkyl exchange reaction on polymerization products was studied by ¹³C NMR in detail.

New polymer-supported palladium complexes with C,N-ligands were easily synthesized. The catalysts could be applied efficiently for the Heck reaction (TOF up to 12 600). The catalysts could be recovered at least five times with a slow progressive decrease in activity.

Tin(II) sulfide was obtained and characterized by X-ray powder diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray electron probe microanalysis, electronic and ¹¹⁹Sn Mössbauer spectroscopy.

New alkenyl-substituted titanocene(IV) complexes were synthesized and characterized. The cytotoxic activity of these compounds was tested against human tumor cell lines. In addition, DNA interaction tests were carried out, observing classical electrostatic interactions of all the complexes with DNA.

Mixed-chelate [PdCl (L) PPh₃] (L = tridenrate Schiff-base ligands) complexes catalyzed the oxidation of primary and secondary alcohols to the corresponding carbonyls effectively using N-methyl-morpholine-N-oxide as oxidant under mild conditions in dichloromethane. A reaction mechanism for the catalytic oxidation has been proposed.