Mesoionic and related less heteroatom-stabilized N-heterocyclic carbene complexes: synthesis, catalysis, and other applications

A Vivancos, C Segarra, M Albrecht - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Mesoionic carbenes are a subclass of the family of N-heterocyclic carbenes that generally
feature less heteroatom stabilization of the carbenic carbon and hence impart specific donor …

Magnetic anisotropy in two-to eight-coordinated transition–metal complexes: Recent developments in molecular magnetism

AK Bar, C Pichon, JP Sutter - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
This review considers the most recent experimental developments in the magnetic
anisotropy of mono-nuclear transition metal complexes in various coordination …

The key role of R–NHC coupling (R= C, H, heteroatom) and M–NHC bond cleavage in the evolution of M/NHC complexes and formation of catalytically active species

VM Chernyshev, EA Denisova, DB Eremin… - Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Complexes of metals with N-heterocyclic carbene ligands (M/NHC) are typically considered
the systems of choice in homogeneous catalysis due to their stable metal–ligand framework …

Chemistry of Iron N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes: Syntheses, Structures, Reactivities, and Catalytic Applications

K Riener, S Haslinger, A Raba, MP Högerl… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Iron is the most abundant transition metal in Earth, s crust; it is relatively inexpensive, not
very toxic, and environmentally benign. 1 Undoubtedly, due to the involvement in a multitude …

Organometallic single-molecule magnets

RA Layfield - Organometallics, 2014 - ACS Publications
Single-molecule magnets (SMMs) display slow relaxation of the magnetization, purely of
molecular origin, in the absence of an applied magnetic field. This review summarizes the …

Complexes bearing protic N-heterocyclic carbene ligands

S Kuwata, FE Hahn - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Complexes bearing protic N-heterocyclic carbenes (protic NHCs, pNHCs), defined as cyclic
carbenes stabilized by two heteroatoms including at least one NH group, have been less …

Anionic N-heterocyclic carbenes: Synthesis, coordination chemistry and applications in homogeneous catalysis

A Nasr, A Winkler, M Tamm - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) are nowadays ubiquitous and indispensable as ancillary
ligands in organotransition metal chemistry, with an enormous variety of NHC types known …

Iron N-heterocyclic carbene complexes in homogeneous catalysis

Q Liang, D Song - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of homogeneous iron catalysts has been a prolific research field in recent
years. Many catalytic reactions are no longer limited to noble metals. The use of N …

25 years of N-heterocyclic carbenes: activation of both main-group element–element bonds and NHCs themselves

S Würtemberger-Pietsch, U Radius, TB Marder - Dalton Transactions, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) are widely used ligands and reagents in modern inorganic
synthesis as well as in homogeneous catalysis and organocatalysis. However, NHCs are …

Slow Magnetic Relaxation in Trigonal-Planar Mononuclear Fe (II) and Co (II) Bis (trimethylsilyl) amido Complexes A Comparative Study

A Eichhöfer, Y Lan, V Mereacre… - Inorganic …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Alternating current magnetic investigations on the trigonal-planar high-spin Co2+ complexes
[Li (15-crown-5)][Co {N (SiMe3) 2} 3],[Co {N (SiMe3) 2} 2 (THF)](THF= tetrahydrofuran), and …