A planar chelating bitriazole N-heterocyclic carbene ligand and its rhodium(III) and dirhodium(II) complexes.
The new ligand bitriazole-2-ylidene (bitz) reliably chelates to Rh under very mild conditions, providing an NHC analogue of 2,2'-dipyridyl ligand.
Poyatos
Macarena
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Yale Chemistry Department, 225 Prospect St., New Haven, CT 06511, USA.
McNamara
William
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Incarvito
Chris
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Peris
Eduardo
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Crabtree
Robert H
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