title: A new entry to N-heterocyclic carbene chemistry: synthesis and characterisation of a triscarbene complex of thallium(I).
abstract: The synthesis and characterisation of a thallium(I) triscarbene complex of the chelating, tripodal carbene ligand 1,3,5-[tris(3-tert-butylimidazol-2-ylideno)methyl]-2,4,6-trimethylbenzene is reported, in which the thallium ion is coordinated by three N-heterocyclic carbene donors in a distorted trigonal planar environment.
authors.affiliation: University of California, San Diego, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
authors.forename: Hidetaka
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakai
authors.forename: Yongjun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gantzel
authors.forename: Karsten
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Meyer