N-Heterocyclic carbenes, despite being isolated and characterized three decades ago, still
capture scientists' interest as versatile, modular and strongly coordinating moieties. In the …

Heterogeneous catalysts represent the backbone of many industrial processes and thus
have a considerable societal impact. The active sites of these heterogeneous catalysts are …

N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) have become one of the most widely studied class of
ligands in molecular chemistry and have found applications in fields as varied as catalysis …

N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) represent one of the most important organic ligands in
coordination chemistry, and have been recently attracting increasing attention in …

Carbenes are perhaps the most versatile reactive intermediates in chemistry. Since the
original visions of “methylene” by Dumas 1 in 1835 and a generalization of this vision by Nef …

Over the course of the past 15 years the success story of N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)
compounds in organic, inorganic, and organometallic chemistry has been extended to …

Water is one of the most abundant molecules on earth. It is inexpensive, especially when
compared to organic solvents, nonflammable, and nontoxic, it has a large heat capacity, and …

Controlling the size and surface functionalization of nanoparticles (NPs) can lead to
improved properties and applicability. Herein, we demonstrate the efficiency of the metal …

Reported here is the chelate effect as a design principle for tuning heterogeneous catalysts
for electrochemical CO2 reduction. Palladium functionalized with a chelating tris‐N …

We report the N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-induced activation of an otherwise unreactive
Pd/Al2O3 catalyst. Surface analysis techniques demonstrate the NHC being coordinated to …