Issue 47, 2013
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Chemical Communications

Tuning the electronic properties of an N-heterocyclic carbene by charge and mesomeric effects†‡

Hannes Buhla  and  Christian Ganter*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Strukturchemie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
E-mail: christian.ganter@hhu.de
Tel: +49-211-81-12288

Abstract

N-Methylation of a pyridoimidazolium salt and subsequent deprotonation afford a cationic NHC ligand. The spectroscopic characteristics of its Rh and Ir metal complexes reveal the reduced donor and enforced π-acceptor behaviour of this ligand system.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC42547A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
08 Apr 2013
Accepted
19 Apr 2013
First published
07 May 2013

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 5417-5419

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H. Buhl and C. Ganter, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 5417 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC42547A

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