Quinone-annulated N-heterocyclic carbene-transition-metal complexes: Observation of π-backbonding using FT-IR spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 128, Issue 51, 2006, Pages 16514-16515

  Sanderson, Matthew D ^a   Kamplain, Justin W ^a   Bielawski, Christopher W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBENE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANNULATION REACTION; ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL BOND; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; OXIDATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; HYDROCARBONS; METHANE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; QUINONES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; STEREOISOMERISM; TRANSITION ELEMENTS;

EID: 33845929780     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja067475w     Document Type: Article

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