title: Cyclic (Alkyl)(amino)carbenes (CAACs): Recent Developments.
abstract: Discovered in 2005, cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbenes (CAACs) are among the most nucleophilic (σ donating) and also electrophilic (π-accepting) stable carbenes known to date. These properties allow them to activate a variety of small molecules and enthalpically strong bonds, to stabilize highly reactive main-group and transition-metal diamagnetic and paramagnetic species, and to bind strongly to metal centers, which gives rise to very robust catalysts. The most important results published up to the end of 2013 are briefly summarized, while the majority of this Review focuses on findings reported within the last three years.
authors.affiliation: UCSD-CNRS Joint Research Chemistry Laboratory, UMI 3555, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0358, USA.
authors.forename: Mohand
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-3553-1381
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Melaimi
authors.affiliation: UCSD-CNRS Joint Research Chemistry Laboratory, UMI 3555, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0358, USA.
authors.forename: Rodolphe
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-4156-7826
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jazzar
authors.affiliation: UCSD-CNRS Joint Research Chemistry Laboratory, UMI 3555, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0358, USA.
authors.forename: Michèle
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-5339-921X
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Soleilhavoup
authors.affiliation: UCSD-CNRS Joint Research Chemistry Laboratory, UMI 3555, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0358, USA.
authors.forename: Guy
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-2623-2363
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bertrand
keywords: carbenes; cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbenes (CAACs); homogeneous catalysis; transition metals