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DALTON TRANSACTIONS
Volume 43, Issue 34, Pages 12820-12823Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c4dt00946k
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- La Trobe Institute for Molecular Sciences
- ARC [DE130100186]
- Australian Research Council [DE130100186] Funding Source: Australian Research Council
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N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) are generally considered to be extremely robust, ideal spectator ligands. However, in the past two years there have been several reports of the activation of the endocyclic C-N. bond with subsequent insertion into element-hydrogen and element-carbon bonds. The new reaction pathway casts the reactivity of the NHC heterocyclic ring into a new light, especially in the context of potential catalyst decomposition. The synthetic reports and theoretical studies in this rapidly developing area are summarized here.
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