Copper(i)-NHC complexes as NHC transfer agents.

Fady NahraAlberto Gómez-HerreraCatherine S J Cazin

Published in: Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003) (2018)

This report presents the recent advances in the use of copper(i)-NHC (NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene) complexes as transmetallating agents enabling the transfer of NHCs to a wide range of transition metals. The synthesis of these carbene transfer reagents is also discussed.

Keyphrases

electron transfer
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