title: Exploring a unique reactivity of N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHC) in rhodium(III)-catalyzed intermolecular C-H activation/annulation.
abstract: Disclosed herein is the unique conjugative role of N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands as a directing group in aromatic C-H activation, coupled with a facile NHC-alkenyl annulative reductive elimination which guided the Rh(III)-catalyzed intermolecular annulations of imidazolium salts and alkynes under ambient conditions leading to structurally important imidazo[1,2-a]quinolinium motifs.
authors.affiliation: Organometallics & Smart Materials Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Bhopal 462 066, India. joyanta@iiserb.ac.in.
authors.forename: Debasish
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ghorai
authors.forename: Joyanta
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Choudhury