N-Heterocyclic Nitrenium Ligands: A Missing Link Explored†
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Dr. Joyanta Choudhury
Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Bhopal 462 023, M.P. (India) http://home.iiserbhopal.ac.in/∼joyanta/
Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Bhopal 462 023, M.P. (India) http://home.iiserbhopal.ac.in/∼joyanta/Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Dr. Joyanta Choudhury
Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Bhopal 462 023, M.P. (India) http://home.iiserbhopal.ac.in/∼joyanta/
Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Bhopal 462 023, M.P. (India) http://home.iiserbhopal.ac.in/∼joyanta/Search for more papers by this authorFinancial support and infrastructure from IISER Bhopal are gratefully acknowledged.
Graphical Abstract
Pince me: N-heterocyclic nitrenium cations have been framed into pincer motifs to explore their unprecedented ligand behavior to transition metals. This work fills a long-standing gap in the series of main-group N-heterocyclic carbene(NHC)-type ligands (see picture). Reasonable π-acceptor and weak σ-donor properties of these new ligands are expected to play a pivotal role in many organometallic reactions and in catalysis in the near future.
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