Evidence for an equilibrium between an N-heterocyclic carbene and its dimer in solution

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 541-544

  Hahn, F Ekkehardt ^a   Wittenbecher, Lars ^a   Le Van, Duc ^a   Fröhlich, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbene complexes; Carbenes; Equilibrium; Structure elucidation

Indexed keywords

CARBENE; DIMER; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; METAL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; NONHUMAN; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTON TRANSPORT; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0034603014     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(20000204)39:3<541::AID-ANIE541>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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