Electronic properties of N-heterocyclic carbenes and their experimental determination

HV Huynh - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) have become without doubt one of the most exciting and
popular species in chemical science due to the ease of their preparation and modularity in …

Mesoionic and related less heteroatom-stabilized N-heterocyclic carbene complexes: synthesis, catalysis, and other applications

A Vivancos, C Segarra, M Albrecht - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Mesoionic carbenes are a subclass of the family of N-heterocyclic carbenes that generally
feature less heteroatom stabilization of the carbenic carbon and hence impart specific donor …

Smart N-heterocyclic carbene ligands in catalysis

E Peris - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
It is well-recognized that N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands have provided a new
dimension to the design of homogeneous catalysts. Part of the success of this type of ligands …

Chemistry of compounds based on 1, 2, 3-triazolylidene-type mesoionic carbenes

R Maity, B Sarkar - JACS au, 2021 - ACS Publications
Mesoionic carbenes (MICs) of the 1, 2, 3-triazolylidene type have established themselves as
a popular class of compounds over the past decade. Primary reasons for this popularity are …

Cooperative effects in multimetallic complexes applied in catalysis

R Maity, BS Birenheide, F Breher, B Sarkar - ChemCatChem, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The field of multimetallic catalysis is rapidly developing and some multimetallic complexes
catalyze organic transformations to yield the desired products in more efficient ways owing …

Radical‐type reactivity and catalysis by single‐electron transfer to or from redox‐active ligands

JI van der Vlugt - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Controlled ligand‐based redox‐activity and chemical non‐innocence are rapidly gaining
importance for selective (catalytic) processes. This Concept aims to provide an overview of …

Metal Complexes of Click‐Derived Triazoles and Mesoionic Carbenes: Electron Transfer, Photochemistry, Magnetic Bistability, and Catalysis

D Schweinfurth, L Hettmanczyk… - … für anorganische und …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Even though the existence of 1, 2, 3‐triazoles has been known for more than a century, the
recent discovery of a copper (I) catalyzed version of this reaction has attributed …

A redox-switchable gold (I) complex for the hydroamination of acetylenes: a convenient way for studying ligand-derived electronic effects

C Ruiz-Zambrana, M Poyatos, E Peris - ACS Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
A gold complex with a naphthalene-di-imide-functionalized N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)
ligand was prepared and characterized. The electrochemical studies reveal that the complex …

The power of ferrocene, mesoionic carbenes, and gold: redox-switchable catalysis

S Klenk, S Rupf, L Suntrup, M van der Meer… - …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Catalysis with gold (I) complexes is a useful route for synthesizing a variety of important
heterocycles. Often, silver (I) additives are necessary to increase the Lewis acidity at the …

Clippane: a mechanically interlocked molecule (MIM) based on molecular tweezers

S Ibáñez, C Vicent, E Peris - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In this study we report the preparation of a new mechanically interlocked molecule formed
by the self‐aggregation of two metallotweezers composed by two pyrene‐imidazolylidene …