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Yehoshoa Ben-David is affiliated with the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. Their research spans materials science and chemistry, with a significant focus on materials chemistry, inorganic chemistry, and organic chemistry.

The scientist's work covers several specialized topics, including:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
  • Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions
  • Catalysis for Biomass Conversion
  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis

Yehoshoa Ben-David has frequently published in several venues, notably:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Nature Catalysis
  • Chemistry - A European Journal

Frequent collaborators include David Milstein, Yael Diskin-Posner, Michael Rauch, Amit Kumar, and Linda J. W. Shimon.

Representative recent papers include:

  • Hydrogenative Depolymerization of Nylons, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Highly efficient additive-free dehydrogenation of neat formic acid, 2021, Nature Catalysis
  • Catalytic Furfural/5-Hydroxymethyl Furfural Oxidation to Furoic Acid/Furan-2,5-dicarboxylic Acid with H2 Production Using Alkaline Water as the Formal Oxidant, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Formation of thioesters by dehydrogenative coupling of thiols and alcohols with H2 evolution, 2020, Nature Catalysis
  • Efficient Base-Free Aqueous Reforming of Methanol Homogeneously Catalyzed by Ruthenium Exhibiting a Remarkable Acceleration by Added Catalytic Thiol, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Best Publications

  • Direct Synthesis of Amides from Alcohols and Amines with Liberation of H2

    Chidambaram Gunanathan;Yehoshoa Ben-David;David Milstein

  • Facile Conversion of Alcohols into Esters and Dihydrogen Catalyzed by New Ruthenium Complexes

    Jing Zhang;Gregory Leitus;Yehoshoa Ben-David;David Milstein

  • Efficient Homogeneous Catalytic Hydrogenation of Esters to Alcohols

    Jing Zhang;Gregory Leitus;Yehoshoa Ben-David;David Milstein

  • Low-Pressure Hydrogenation of Carbon Dioxide Catalyzed by an Iron Pincer Complex Exhibiting Noble Metal Activity

    Robert Langer;Yael Diskin-Posner;Gregory Leitus;Linda J. W. Shimon

  • Consecutive thermal H2 and light-induced O2 evolution from water promoted by a metal complex.

    Stephan W. Kohl;Lev Weiner;Leonid Schwartsburd;Leonid Konstantinovski

  • Efficient Hydrogenation of Ketones Catalyzed by an Iron Pincer Complex

    Robert Langer;Gregory Leitus;Yehoshoa Ben-David;David Milstein

  • Direct Synthesis of Pyrroles by Dehydrogenative Coupling of β-Aminoalcohols with Secondary Alcohols Catalyzed by Ruthenium Pincer Complexes

    Dipankar Srimani;Yehoshoa Ben-David;David Milstein

  • Efficient Hydrogen Liberation from Formic Acid Catalyzed by a Well‐Defined Iron Pincer Complex under Mild Conditions

    Thomas Zell;Burkhard Butschke;Yehoshoa Ben-David;David Milstein

  • Selective Hydrogenation of Nitriles to Primary Amines Catalyzed by a Cobalt Pincer Complex.

    Arup Mukherjee;Dipankar Srimani;Subrata Chakraborty;Yehoshoa Ben-David

  • Iron Pincer Complex Catalyzed, Environmentally Benign, E‐Selective Semi‐Hydrogenation of Alkynes

    Dipankar Srimani;Yael Diskin-Posner;Yehoshoa Ben-David;David Milstein

  • Chelate-assisted, Pd-catalyzed efficient carbonylation of aryl chlorides

    Yehoshua Ben-David;Moshe Portnoy;David Milstein

  • Unprecedented Iron‐Catalyzed Ester Hydrogenation. Mild, Selective, and Efficient Hydrogenation of Trifluoroacetic Esters to Alcohols Catalyzed by an Iron Pincer Complex

    Thomas Zell;Yehoshoa Ben-David;David Milstein

  • Reusable Homogeneous Catalytic System for Hydrogen Production from Methanol and Water

    Peng Hu;Yael Diskin-Posner;Yehoshoa Ben-David;David Milstein

  • Direct Synthesis of Benzimidazoles by Dehydrogenative Coupling of Aromatic Diamines and Alcohols Catalyzed by Cobalt

    Prosenjit Daw;Yehoshoa Ben-David;David Milstein

  • Unprecedented Catalytic Hydrogenation of Urea Derivatives to Amines and Methanol

    Ekambaram Balaraman;Yehoshoa Ben-David;David Milstein

  • Evidence for a terminal Pt(iv)-oxo complex exhibiting diverse reactivity

    Elena Poverenov;Irena Efremenko;Anatoly I. Frenkel;Yehoshoa Ben-David

  • A Room Temperature Direct Metal Insertion into a Nonstrained Carbon−Carbon Bond in Solution. C−C vs C−H Bond Activation

    Boris Rybtchinski;Arkadi Vigalok;Yehoshoa Ben-David;David Milstein

  • Alkyl− and Aryl−Oxygen Bond Activation in Solution by Rhodium(I), Palladium(II), and Nickel(II). Transition-Metal-Based Selectivity

    Milko E. van der Boom;Shyh-Yeon Liou;Yehoshoa Ben-David;and Linda J. W. Shimon

  • Manganese-Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Esters to Alcohols.

    Noel Angel Espinosa-Jalapa;Alexander Nerush;Linda J. W. Shimon;Gregory Leitus

  • Iron borohydride pincer complexes for the efficient hydrogenation of ketones under mild, base-free conditions: synthesis and mechanistic insight.

    Robert Langer;Mark A. Iron;Leonid Konstantinovski;Yael Diskin-Posner

  • Formation of η2 C−H Agostic Rhodium Arene Complexes and Their Relevance to Electrophilic Bond Activation

    Arkadi Vigalok;Olivier Uzan;Linda J. W. Shimon;Yehoshoa Ben-David

  • Hydrogenative Depolymerization of Nylons

    Amit Kumar;Niklas Von Wolff;Michael Rauch;You Quan Zou

Frequent Co-Authors

David Milstein
David Milstein Weizmann Institute of Science
Gregory Leitus
Gregory Leitus Weizmann Institute of Science
Linda J. W. Shimon
Linda J. W. Shimon Weizmann Institute of Science
Yael Diskin-Posner
Yael Diskin-Posner Weizmann Institute of Science
Milko E. van der Boom
Milko E. van der Boom Weizmann Institute of Science
Jan M. L. Martin
Jan M. L. Martin Weizmann Institute of Science
Ekambaram Balaraman
Ekambaram Balaraman Indian Institute of Science
Boris Rybtchinski
Boris Rybtchinski Weizmann Institute of Science
Walter Leitner
Walter Leitner Max Planck Society
Heinz-Bernhard Kraatz
Heinz-Bernhard Kraatz University of Toronto

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