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Advances in N-heterocyclic carbene organocatalysis from 2015 to 2024

Dan Ling,a   Yusong Ran,a   Fachang Yang,a   Xiaoqun Yang,a   Xingxing Wu, ORCID logo *a   Shi-Chao Ren ORCID logo *a  and  Zhichao Jin ORCID logo *a  

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a State Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide, Guizhou University, Huaxi District, Guiyang 550025, China
E-mail: wuxx@gzu.edu.cn, scren@gzu.edu.cn, zcjin@gzu.edu.cn

Abstract

The key progress in the field of N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) organocatalysis during the period of 2015 to 2024 is systematically summarized and discussed in this review. The content is organized based on the activation modes involved in these transformations. Trends in the development and plausible future breakthroughs within this highly active research field are provided at the end of this review based on our own research experiences and opinions on NHC organocatalysis.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CS00600G
Article type
Review Article
Submitted
30 May 2025
First published
12 Sep 2025

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2025, Advance Article

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Advances in N-heterocyclic carbene organocatalysis from 2015 to 2024

D. Ling, Y. Ran, F. Yang, X. Yang, X. Wu, S. Ren and Z. Jin, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2025, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D5CS00600G

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