Dual targeting of the cancer antioxidant network with 1,4-naphthoquinone fused Gold(i) N-heterocyclic carbene complexes† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available. CCDC 1520307, 1537344. For ESI and crystallographic data in CIF or other electronic format see DOI: 10.1039/c7sc02153d

A family of N-heterocyclic carbene-stabilized borenium ions for metal-free imine hydrogenation catalysis† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Synthetic and spectral details are deposited. CCDC 1035566–1035574. For ESI and crystallographic data in CIF or other electronic format see DOI: 10.1039/c4sc03675a

Isolation of cationic and neutral (allenylidene)(carbene) and bis(allenylidene)gold complexes† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available. CCDC 1418631–1418633. For ESI and crystallographic data in CIF or other electronic format see DOI: 10.1039/c5sc03654b Click here for additional data file. Click here for additional data file.

AuICl-bound N-heterocyclic carbene ligands form MII4(LAuCl)6 integrally gilded cages† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Experimental procedures, synthesis and characterization data for subcomponents and cages, and optical, microscopy, ESI-MS and NMR data. CCDC 1061936. For ESI and crystallographic data in CIF or other electronic format see DOI: 10.1039/c5sc03065j Click here for additional data file. Click here for additional data file.

N-Heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed oxidative [3 + 2] annulation of dioxindoles and enals: cross coupling of homoenolate and enolate† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Experimental procedures and compound characterizations (PDF). CCDC 1041425 (3fb). For ESI and crystallographic data in CIF or other electronic format see DOI: 10.1039/c6sc04135c Click here for additional data file. Click here for additional data file.

Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular S Recognition and Function, Institute of Chemi 100190, China. E-mail: [email protected] Marine College, Shandong University at We 264209, China. E-mail: [email protected] University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, † Electronic supplementary information ( and compound characterizations (PDF) crystallographic data in CIF or o 10.1039/c6sc04135c ‡ X.-Y. C...

A general synthetic route to [Cu(X)(NHC)] (NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene, X = Cl, Br, I) complexes† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Optimisation details and full characterisation data. CCDC 940850–940853. For ESI and crystallographic data in CIF or other electronic format see DOI: 10.1039/c3cc45488f Click here for additional data file.

A one-pot procedure for the synthesis of [Cu(X)(NHC)] (X = Cl, Br, I) is reported. The reaction is applicable to a wide range of saturated and unsaturated NHC ligands, is scalable and proceeds under mild conditions using technical grade solvents in air.