Potentially hemilabile N-heterocyclic carbene palladium complexes: Synthesis and catalytic applications

Current Organic Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 3291-3308

  Gu, Shaojin ^a   Chen, Chao ^a   Qiu, Huayu ^b   Chen, Wanzhi ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hemilabile; Homogeneous catalysis; N heterocyclic carbene; Palladium; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CHELATION; LIGANDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PALLADIUM COMPOUNDS;

CATALYSE; CATALYTIC APPLICATIONS; HEMILABILE; HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS; N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENE LIGANDS; N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENES; P LIGANDS; PALLADIUM COMPLEXES; PD COMPLEX; S LIGANDS;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 80052471809     PISSN: 13852728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138527211797247914     Document Type: Review

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