Investigation of the properties of 4,5-dialkylated N-heterocyclic carbenes.
The investigation of the electronic and steric properties of 4,5-disubstituted imidazolylidenes is reported, as well as their successful application as organocatalysts in the formation of gamma-butyrolactones by conjugate Umpolung.
Urban
Slawomir
S
Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstrasse 40, 48149, Münster, Germany.
Tursky
Matyas
M
Fröhlich
Roland
R
Glorius
Frank
F
D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D006571:Heterocyclic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D007495:Iridium / Q000737:chemistry*; D008697:Methane / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry
D006571:Heterocyclic Compounds; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; C030011:carbene; D007495:Iridium; D008697:Methane