On the electronic impact of abnormal C4-bonding in n-heterocyclic carbene complexes

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 37, 2009, Pages 9375-9386

  Heckenroth, Marion ^a   Neels, Antonia ^b   Garnier, Michael G ^c   Aebi, Philipp ^c   Ehlers, Andreas W ^d   Albrecht, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b CSEM   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coordination modes; Electronic tuning; Metal nucleophilicity; N heterocyclic carbene ligands; Palladium

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL INVESTIGATIONS; BONDING MODES; CARBENE COMPLEXES; CARBENE LIGANDS; CARBENES; CATALYTIC PROCESS; COORDINATION MODES; ELECTRON DENSITIES; ELECTRONIC IMPACT; ELECTRONIC TUNING; HYDROGENATION OF OLEFINS; LEWIS ACID; METAL CENTERS; N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENE COMPLEX; N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENE LIGANDS; NEUTRAL DONOR; OXIDATIVE ADDITIONS; REACTIVITY PATTERN; REDUCTIVE ELIMINATION; STEREOELECTRONIC EFFECT; STRUCTURAL ANALOGIES; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRONS;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONS; METALS; OLEFINS; PALLADIUM; PALLADIUM COMPOUNDS; TUNING; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

LIGANDS;

EID: 70349300137     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200900249     Document Type: Article

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