title: Concomitant formation of N-heterocyclic carbene-copper complexes within a supramolecular network in the self-assembly of imidazolium dicarboxylate with metal ions.
abstract: A new building block containing an imidazolium salt was synthesized and used for the construction of supramolecular networks with metal ions. We discovered the concomitant formation of the N-heterocyclic carbene-copper complex (CN = 2) in the self-assembly of imidazolium dicarboxylates and copper nitrates in N,N-dimethylformamide under heating. The proton in the 2 position of the imidazolium salt was abstracted, and Cu(II) was reduced to Cu(I) during the self-assembly process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Korea.
authors.forename: Jiseul
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chun
authors.forename: Il Gu
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Hae Jin
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Mira
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Myoung Soo
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Lah
authors.forename: Seung Uk
authors.initials: SU
authors.lastname: Son