A general and versatile approach to thermally generated N-heterocyclic carbenes

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 4073-4079

  Nyce, Gregory W ^a   Csihony, Szilard ^b   Waymouth, Robert M ^b   Hedrick, James L ^a  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbenes; Nitrogen heterocycles; Organic catalysis; Organometallic complexes

Indexed keywords

CARBENES; CHLOROFORM; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

ALDEHYDES; BENZENE; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; CONDENSATION; ESTERIFICATION; ORGANOMETALLICS; RING OPENING POLYMERIZATION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMOANALYSIS;

CARBON;

BENZALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CARBENOID; CHLOROFORM; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; PENTAFLUOROBENZENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; DECOMPOSITION; POLYMERIZATION; RING OPENING; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 4444278874     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200400196     Document Type: Article

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