title: Facile base-free in situ generation and palladation of mesoionic and normal N-heterocyclic carbenes at ambient conditions.
abstract: Synthesis of normal and mesoionic N-heterocyclic carbene Pd(II) complexes in near quantitative yields from the corresponding NHC precursor salts under base free and ambient conditions is reported. A plausible mechanism involving charge-assisted hydrogen bonded intermediates is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India. sanka@iitm.ac.in.
authors.forename: Bemineni
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sureshbabu
authors.forename: Venkatachalam
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ramkumar
authors.forename: Sethuraman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sankararaman