It is well-recognized that N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands have provided a new
dimension to the design of homogeneous catalysts. Part of the success of this type of ligands …

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 …

Abstract Palladium‐catalyzed C C and C N bond‐forming reactions are among the most
versatile and powerful synthetic methods. For the last 15 years, N‐heterocyclic carbenes …

The reaction of [Cp* RuCl] 4 (1; Cp*= η5-C5Me5) with the carbene ligand 1, 3-bis (2, 4, 6-
trimethylphenyl) imidazol-2-ylidene (IMes) affords a coordinatively unsaturated Cp* Ru …

We provide an overview on the state‐of‐the‐art in transition‐metal complexes formed with
water‐soluble NHC ligands. Paths to introducing water solubility by ligand design are …

Rhodium and iridium complexes of N-heterocyclic carbenes (3a− c and 4a− c) were
obtained by transmetalation from the corresponding Ag (I) complexes. The structure of 3b …

Abstract Die Chemie der heterocyclischen Carbene hat sich in den letzten Jahren stürmisch
entwickelt. Nach den Imidazolin‐2‐ylidenen wurden weitere cyclische Diaminocarbene mit …

N‐Heterocyclische Carbene sind zu universellen Liganden in der metallorganischen und
anorganischen Koordinationschemie geworden. Sie gehen nicht nur mit nahezu jedem …