N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Materials Chemistry

CA Smith, MR Narouz, PA Lummis, I Singh… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) have become one of the most widely studied class of
ligands in molecular chemistry and have found applications in fields as varied as catalysis …

An overview of N-heterocyclic carbenes

MN Hopkinson, C Richter, M Schedler, F Glorius - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
The successful isolation and characterization of an N-heterocyclic carbene in 1991 opened
up a new class of organic compounds for investigation. From these beginnings as academic …

N-heterocyclic carbene coordinated metal nanoparticles and nanoclusters

H Shen, G Tian, Z Xu, L Wang, Q Wu, Y Zhang… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) represent one of the most important organic ligands in
coordination chemistry, and have been recently attracting increasing attention in …

Synthetic routes to late transition metal–NHC complexes

T Scattolin, SP Nolan - Trends in Chemistry, 2020 - cell.com
Transition metal complexes bearing N-heterocyclic carbene ligands (NHCs) have gained a
place of crucial importance in numerous areas of research such as medicinal chemistry …

Reusable N-heterocyclic carbene complex catalysts and beyond: a perspective on recycling strategies

W Wang, L Cui, P Sun, L Shi, C Yue, F Li - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
With the continuous development of N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) chemistry during the past
decade, NHC metal complexes have gained wide applications in the research field of …

Immobilization of N-heterocyclic carbene compounds: a synthetic perspective

R Zhong, AC Lindhorst, FJ Groche… - Chemical Reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Over the course of the past 15 years the success story of N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)
compounds in organic, inorganic, and organometallic chemistry has been extended to …

Water in N-heterocyclic carbene-assisted catalysis

E Levin, E Ivry, CE Diesendruck, NG Lemcoff - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Water is one of the most abundant molecules on earth. It is inexpensive, especially when
compared to organic solvents, nonflammable, and nontoxic, it has a large heat capacity, and …

Cellulose sponge supported palladium nanoparticles as recyclable cross-coupling catalysts

Y Li, L Xu, B Xu, Z Mao, H Xu, Y Zhong… - … applied materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Robust and flexible cellulose sponges were prepared by dual-cross-linking cellulose
nanofiber (CNF) with γ-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane (GPTMS) and polydopamine (PDA) …

Tunable Heterogeneous Catalysis: N-Heterocyclic Carbenes as Ligands for Supported Heterogeneous Ru/K-Al2O3 Catalysts To Tune Reactivity and Selectivity

JB Ernst, S Muratsugu, F Wang, M Tada… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Here we report, for the first time, an extensive characterization of an N-heterocyclic carbene
(NHC)-modified supported heterogeneous catalyst. The existence of the metal-carbene …

Palladium catalyst coordinated in knitting N-heterocyclic carbene porous polymers for efficient Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reactions

S Xu, K Song, T Li, B Tan - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Three N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) were successfully integrated into the skeleton of
hyper-crosslinked polymers (HCPs) via an external cross-linking reaction. The structure and …