Irreversible cleavage of a carbene-rhodium bond in Rh-N-heterocyclic carbene complexes: Implications for catalysis

Journal of Organometallic Chemistry

Volumn 689, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 3203-3209

  Allen, Daryl P ^a   Crudden, Cathleen M ^a   Calhoun, Larry A ^b   Wang, Ruiyao ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Hydrogenation; N heterocyclic carbene; Rhodium complex

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BONDS; HYDROGENATION; REACTION KINETICS; SOLVENTS;

CARBENE-METAL BONDS; DICHLOROETHANE;

ORGANOMETALLICS;

CARBENE; DICHLOROETHANE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; METAL; RHODIUM; TRIPHENYLPHOSPHINE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; HYDROGENATION; MOLECULAR STABILITY;

EID: 10344232464     PISSN: 0022328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2004.07.021     Document Type: Article

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