title: Late-transition-metal complexes as tunable Lewis bases.
abstract: Syntheses of the first heteroleptic N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-phosphane platinum(0) complexes and formation of the corresponding Lewis acid-base adducts with aluminum chloride is reported. The influence of N-heterocyclic carbenes on tuning the Lewis basic properties of the metal complexes was judged from spectroscopic, structural, and computational data. Conclusive experimental evidence for the enhanced Lewis basicity of NHC-containing complexes was provided by a transfer reaction.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: Holger
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Braunschweig
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brenner
authors.forename: Katharina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kraft
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Radacki
authors.forename: Katrin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schwab