Stable abnormal N-heterocyclic carbenes and their applications

SC Sau, PK Hota, SK Mandal, M Soleilhavoup… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Although N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) have been known as ligands for organometallic
complexes since the 1960s, these carbenes did not attract considerable attention until …

Stable cyclic carbenes and related species beyond diaminocarbenes

M Melaimi, M Soleilhavoup… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The success of homogeneous catalysis can be attributed largely to the development of a
diverse range of ligand frameworks that have been used to tune the behavior of various …

Pushing Electrons Which Carbene Ligand for Which Application?

D Munz - Organometallics, 2018 - ACS Publications
This tutorial explores the diversity and characteristics of C-donor ligands. Particular
emphasis is put on the conceptual design of the electronic properties for applications in …

Synthesis and characterization of a neutral tricoordinate organoboron isoelectronic with amines

R Kinjo, B Donnadieu, MA Celik, G Frenking… - Science, 2011 - science.org
Amines and boranes are the archetypical Lewis bases and acids, respectively. The former
can readily undergo one-electron oxidation to give radical cations, whereas the latter are …

Stable singlet carbenes as mimics for transition metal centers

D Martin, M Soleilhavoup, G Bertrand - Chemical Science, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
This perspective summarizes recent results, which demonstrate that stable carbenes can
activate small molecules (CO, H2, NH3 and P4) and stabilize highly reactive intermediates …

A brief survey of our contribution to stable carbene chemistry

D Martin, M Melaimi, M Soleilhavoup… - Organometallics, 2011 - ACS Publications
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 …

Isolation of a C5-deprotonated imidazolium, a crystalline “abnormal” N-heterocyclic carbene

E Aldeco-Perez, AJ Rosenthal, B Donnadieu… - Science, 2009 - science.org
The discovery two decades ago of metal-free stable carbenes, especially imidazol-2-
ylidenes [N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs)], has led to numerous breakthroughs in organic …

New bonding modes of carbon and heavier group 14 atoms Si–Pb

G Frenking, R Tonner, S Klein, N Takagi… - Chemical Society …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Recent theoretical studies are reviewed which show that the naked group 14 atoms E= C–
Pb in the singlet 1D state behave as bidentate Lewis acids that strongly bind two σ donor …

Dative bonding in main group compounds

L Zhao, M Hermann, N Holzmann… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2017 - Elsevier
The progress in experimental and theoretical research in the area of main group compounds
that possess dative bonds, which was made in the last decade, is summarized. The focus …

Donor–acceptor bonding in novel low-coordinated compounds of boron and group-14 atoms C–Sn

G Frenking, M Hermann, DM Andrada… - Chemical Society …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
A summary of theoretical and experimental work in the area of low-coordinated compounds
of boron and group-14 atoms C–Sn in the last decade is presented. The focus of the account …