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 …

Cyclic (alkyl)-and (aryl)-(amino) carbenes (CAACs and CAArCs) are stronger σ-donors and
π-acceptors than imidazol-2-ylidenes and imidazolidin-2-ylidenes, the well-known N …

Chiral ligands play a central role in enantioselective transition-metal catalysis. The success
of achiral N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) as stable electron-rich neutral ligands in …

The use of N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) in chemistry has developed rapidly over the
past twenty years. These interesting compounds are predominantly employed in …

N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) are cyclic carbenes bearing at least one R-amino
substituent. 1 The most common subclasses of NHCs are represented in Chart 1. Early work …

Beginning as chemical curiosities with the pioneering work of Curtius, 1a Staudinger, 1b and
even earlier efforts, 1c carbenes have played an important role as transient intermediates …

N‐Heterocyclic carbenes have become universal ligands in organometallic and inorganic
coordination chemistry. They not only bind to any transition metal, be it in low or high …

The chemistry of heterocyclic carbenes has experienced a rapid development over the last
years. In addition to the imidazolin‐2‐ylidenes, a large number of cyclic diaminocarbenes …

Asymmetric hydrosilylation of prochiral alkenes followed by Tamao-Fleming oxidation is a
convenient method of synthesis of enantioenriched secondary alcohols. In this chapter …

N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) are omnipresent ligands in coordination and
organometallic chemistry, which is reflected by myriads of applications involving NHC …