Issue 89, 2013
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Chemical Communications

A general synthetic route to [Cu(X)(NHC)] (NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene, X = Cl, Br, I) complexes†

Orlando Santoro,a   Alba Collado,a   Alexandra M. Z. Slawin,a   Steven P. Nolana  and  Catherine S. J. Cazin*a  

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a EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK
E-mail: cc111@st-andrews.ac.uk
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Abstract

A one-pot procedure for the synthesis of [Cu(X)(NHC)] (X = Cl, Br, I) is reported. The reaction is applicable to a wide range of saturated and unsaturated NHC ligands, is scalable and proceeds under mild conditions using technical grade solvents in air.

Graphical abstract: A general synthetic route to [Cu(X)(NHC)] (NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene, X = Cl, Br, I) complexes

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC45488F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
19 Jul 2013
Accepted
12 Aug 2013
First published
01 Oct 2013
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 10483-10485

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A general synthetic route to [Cu(X)(NHC)] (NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene, X = Cl, Br, I) complexes

O. Santoro, A. Collado, A. M. Z. Slawin, S. P. Nolan and C. S. J. Cazin, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 10483 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC45488F

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