Unusual reactivity of a nickel N-heterocyclic carbene complex: tert-butyl group cleavage and silicone grease activation

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 43, Issue 43, 2004, Pages 5824-5827

  Caddick, Stephen ^b   Cloke, F Geoffrey N ^a   Hitchcock, Peter B ^a   Lewis, Alexandra K De K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C N activation; Metal metal bonds; N heterocyclic carbenes; Nickel; Silicone

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; COMPLEXATION; DIMERS; LUBRICATING GREASES; LUBRICATION; REACTION KINETICS; SILICON;

REACTION LUBRICATION; SILOXANE;

NICKEL;

1,3 BIS TERT BUTYLIMIDAZOL 2 YLIDENE; CARBENE; DIMER; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; LIGAND; NICKEL; NICKEL BIS(1,5 CYCLOOCTADIENE); SILICON; SILOXANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISSOCIATION; GEOMETRY; ISOMERIZATION; LUBRICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REACTION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOLID STATE; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 8844258769     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200460955     Document Type: Article

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