Isolation and interconversion of protic N-heterocyclic carbene and imidazolyl complexes: Application to catalytic dehydrative condensation of N-(2-Pyridyl)benzimidazole and allyl alcohol

Organometallics

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2176-2178

  Araki, Kenjirou ^a   Kuwata, Shigeki ^a   Ikariya, Takao ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLYL ALCOHOLS; BENZIMIDAZOLE; DEHYDRATIVE CONDENSATION; IMIDAZOLYL; INTERCONVERSION; N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENE (NHC); PYRIDYL;

RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 44649151089     PISSN: 02767333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/om800285n     Document Type: Article

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