Recent advances of metal–nucleophilic carbene complexes in catalysis

Abstract

The field of nucleophilic carbenoid ligands in organometallic catalysis is continuously expanding with new chemical transformations and improved catalytic systems. This review highlights just few developments of the last year. Out of several hundred scientific papers that covered the subject last year, the authors limit themselves to the reports that present direct catalytic results and, at some extent, interesting stoichiometric reactions or mechanistic aspects with obvious applicability in catalysis.