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A Brief Survey of Our Contribution to Stable Carbene Chemistry

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: This personal account summarizes our work, beginning with the discovery of the first stable carbene in 1988 up until the recent isolation of mesoionic carbenes. It explains why we have moved our focus from acyclic to cyclic carbenes, and shows that these stable species are not limited to the role of ligand for transition metals, but that they are also powerful agents for the activation of small molecules, and for the stabilization of highly reactive diamagnetic and paramagnetic species.

Source: Organometallics

DOI: 10.1021/om200650x

Authors: David Martin, Mohand Melaimi, Michele Soleilhavoup, Guy Bertrand

Institutions: University of California, Riverside, UCR-CNRS Joint Research Chemistry Laboratory

Language: English

Topic: N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry

Subfield: Organic Chemistry

Field: Chemistry

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Science Foundation, National Institute of General Medical Sciences

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