title: Easy abstraction of a hydride anion from an alkyl C-H bond of a coordinated bis(N-heterocyclic carbene).
abstract: The high basicity of a trimethylene-linked bis(NHC), acting as a chelating ligand in a ruthenium(0) complex, is responsible for its involvement in a room-temperature reaction in which the metal atom to which this bis(NHC) ligand is coordinated replaces a hydride anion of the ligand trimethylene linker, which can be taken by a hydride abstractor as unusual, in that role, as [Ru3(CO)12].
authors: Departamento de Química Orgánica e Inorgánica-IUQOEM, Universidad de Oviedo-CSIC, 33071-Oviedo, Spain. jac@uniovi.es
authors: Javier A
authors: JA
authors: Cabeza
authors: Marina
authors: M
authors: Damonte
authors: Pablo
authors: P
authors: García-Álvarez
authors: Enrique
authors: E
authors: Pérez-Carreño