Mild and rational synthesis of palladium complexes comprising C(4)-bound N-heterocyclic carbenes.
Oxidative addition of pyridyl-functionalised 4-iodoimidazolium salts to palladium(0) gives catalytically active complexes in which the N-heterocyclic carbene is bound to the palladium(II) centre in a non-classical bonding mode via C(4).
Kluser
Evelyne
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Chemistry Department, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musee 9, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland.
Neels
Antonia
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Albrecht
Martin
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