4,5-bis(dialkylamino)-substituted imidazolium systems: Facile access to N-heterocyclic carbenes with self-umpolung option

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 46, 2011, Pages 13078-13086

  Huber, Stefan M ^a   Heinemann, Frank W ^b   Audebert, Pierre ^c   Weiss, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Institut für Anorganische Chemie   (Germany)

^c Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan   (France)

Author keywords

carbenes; cyclization; heterocycles; ligand design; redox chemistry

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; DESIGN FOR TESTABILITY; ETHYLENE; METAL COMPLEXES; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; REDOX REACTIONS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION METALS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

CARBENES; ELECTRONIC FLEXIBILITY; HETEROCYCLES; LIGAND DESIGN; N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENES; QUANTUM CHEMICAL COMPUTATIONS; REDOX CHEMISTRY; SINGLE CRYSTAL X-RAY ANALYSIS;

LIGANDS;

EID: 80555127307     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201101999     Document Type: Article

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