The ambivalent chemistry of a free anionic N-heterocyclic carbene decorated with a malonate backbone: The plus of a negative charge

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 50, 2013, Pages 17113-17124

  César, Vincent ^a,b   Labat, Stéphane ^c   Miqueu, Karinne ^c   Sotiropoulos, Jean Marc ^c   Brousses, Rémy ^a,b   Lugan, Noël ^a,b   Lavigne, Guy ^a,b  

^a LCC LABORATOIRE DE CHIMIE DE COORDINATION   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

Author keywords

carbenes; density functional calculations; heterocyclic compounds; ion pairs; lithium

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; IONS; LITHIUM; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

CARBENES; DYNAMIC VARIABILITY; ELECTROPHILIC BEHAVIORS; ELECTROPHILIC REAGENTS; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; ION PAIRS; N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENES; ORBITAL ENERGY LEVELS;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84889584201     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201303184     Document Type: Article

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