The carbene-C ,N chelate tetracarbonyl tungsten complex [(CO)4/ W C(Ph)NHC5H4N /-o ] (4), obtained from [(CO)5W / C(Ph)OMe] (3) and o -aminopyridine, reacts with iodine by oxidative decarbonylation to give a single isomer of the carbene-C ,N chelate tricarbonyl dihalogeno tungsten(II) complex [(CO)3I2/ W C(Ph)NHC5H4N /-o ] (5). The analogous reaction of 4 with bromine affords two interconvertin...

The reaction of Ln(L)N''2 (Ln = Nd, Ce; L = t-BuNCH2CH2[C{NCHCHNt-Bu}], N'' = N(SiMe3)2) with trimethylsilyl iodide regiospecifically functionalises the carbene backbone at the C4-carbene ring position to afford the silylated complex Ln(L')N''I; Ln(L')N''2 is isolated after attempted reduction (L' = t-BuNCH2CH2[C{NC(SiMe3)CHNt-Bu}]) which allows a comparison of the structurally characterised co...

[reaction: see text] The promising utility of triazolyl N-heterocyclic carbene catalysts in umpolung aldehyde chemistry requires a straightforward reliable synthesis from readily available materials. Herein, we describe the synthesis of a variety of triazolyl N-heterocyclic carbene precursors. The reactions commence from commercially available amino acids and proceed in 44-68% overall yields. T...

The reaction mechanism between (H2C) and (7, 0), zigzag single-walled carbon nanotubes(ZSWCNTs) on two different orientation of C-C have been studied by semi empirical AM!method. The activation barriers of (H2C) adding to (7, 0) ZSWCNT are computed and compared.The effects of diameters of zigzag SWCNT on their binding energies were studied

Enzymatic and carbene catalysed ring opening polymerisation can be combined in a one-pot reaction for the metal-free synthesis of degradable block copolymers.

Electrogenerated N-heterocyclic carbene can behave as an organocatalyst in the Staudinger reaction (from imine and acyl chloride) in a very polar solvent, such as an ionic liquid.

The synthesis and complete characterisation of a well-defined N-heterocyclic carbene bearing gold hydroxide complex, [Au(OH)(IPr)], is reported. Its reaction chemistry appears rich and diverse.

A new mode of carbene-catalyzed heteroatom activation and asymmetric reactions is disclosed. The reaction starts with addition a carbene catalyst to (benz)imidazole-derived aldimine substrate. Subsequent oxidation proton transfer lead the formation catalyst-bound triaza-diene as key intermediate, in which nitrogen atom at site remote catalyst-substrate bond activated. This unusual intermediate ...

The mechanism of the addition reaction between carbene and azacyclopropane was investigated using the second-order Moller–Plesset perturbation theory (MP2). By using the 6-311+G* basis set, geometry optimization, vibrational analysis and the energy properties of the involved stationary points on the potential energy surface were calculated. From the surface energy profile, it can be predicted t...

Dialkyl heteroaroylphosphonates based on thiophene, pyrrole or furan have been prepared and their reactions with trimethyl phosphite investigated. Deoxygenation of the carbonyl groups in these heteroaroylphosphonates occurs to give carbene intermediates, which then undergo further reaction. In the case of the furan-3-oylphosphonates and those systems containing a thiophene or pyrrole ring, the ...