Switching the electron-donor properties of N-heterocyclic carbenes by a facile deprotonation strategy

Chemistry - An Asian Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1786-1789

  Biju, Akkattu T ^a   Hirano, Keiichi ^a   Fröhlich, Roland ^a   Glorius, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbenes; Electronic properties; Enolates; Heterocycles; Ligand design

Indexed keywords

CARBENES; DEPROTONATION/PROTONATION; ELECTRON DONORS; ELECTRON-RICH; ELECTRONIC NATURES; ENOLATES; HETEROCYCLES; LIGAND DESIGN; N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENE LIGANDS; N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENES; NHC LIGANDS;

CARBON INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; LIGANDS;

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 73649111024     PISSN: 18614728     EISSN: 1861471X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asia.200900410     Document Type: Article

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