Issue 9, 2024
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Dalton Transactions

Dial-a-base mechanochemical synthesis of N-heterocyclic carbene copper complexes†

Dawid J. Babula,ab   Rex S. C. Charman,a   Josie A. Hobson,a   Mary F. Mahona  and  David J. Liptrot ORCID logo *a  

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a Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath, UK
E-mail: d.j.liptrot@bath.ac.uk

b Institute for Sustainability, University of Bath, Bath, UK

Abstract

Liquid assisted ball milling of [NHC]HBr (NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene) salts with copper(I) chloride, and a range of alkali metal complexes was shown to efficiently produce (NHC)CuX (NHC = normal or RE-NHC, X = halide, alkoxide, amide, alkyl, aryl; RE-NHC = ring-expanded NHC).

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D4DT00334A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
02 Feb 2024
Accepted
08 Feb 2024
First published
12 Feb 2024
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Dalton Trans., 2024,53, 3990-3993

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Dial-a-base mechanochemical synthesis of N-heterocyclic carbene copper complexes

D. J. Babula, R. S. C. Charman, J. A. Hobson, M. F. Mahon and D. J. Liptrot, Dalton Trans., 2024, 53, 3990 DOI: 10.1039/D4DT00334A

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