The measure of all rings - N-Heterocyclic carbenes

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 49, Issue 39, 2010, Pages 6940-6952

  Dröge, Thomas ^a   Glorius, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electronic structure; Homogeneous catalysis; Ligand design; N heterocyclic carbenes; Steric hinderance

Indexed keywords

AS-LIGANDS; BOND STRENGTH; CHARACTERISTIC PROPERTIES; HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS; LIGAND DESIGN; METAL CATALYSIS; N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENES; ORGANOCATALYSTS; ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL DATA; RESEARCH FIELDS; STERIC HINDERANCES; STERICS;

CARBON INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; DESIGN; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ORGANOMETALLICS; REACTION KINETICS; TRANSITION METALS;

LIGANDS;

EID: 77956894584     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201001865     Document Type: Review

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