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Chemical Communications

Unusual reactivities of N-heterocyclic carbenes upon coordination to the platinum(ii)–dimethyl moiety†

George C. Fortman,a   Natalie M. Scott,a   Anthony Linden,b   Edwin D. Stevens,c   Reto Dorta*b  and  Steven P. Nolan*ac  

* Corresponding authors

a EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK
E-mail: snolan@st-andrews.ac.uk
Web: http://chemistry.st-and.ac.uk/staff/spn/group

b University of Zurich, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Winterthurerstrasse 190, Zurich, Switzerland
E-mail: dorta@oci.uzh.ch

c University of New Orleans, Department of Chemistry, 2000 Lakeshore Dr, New Orleans, USA

Abstract

Unsaturated NHCs of varying steric bulk undergo a series of unusual oxidative addition and reductive elimination processes upon binding to the Pt(Me)2 fragment.

Graphical abstract: Unusual reactivities of N-heterocyclic carbenes upon coordination to the platinum(ii)–dimethyl moiety

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B920482B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
01 Oct 2009
Accepted
22 Dec 2009
First published
13 Jan 2010

Chem. Commun., 2010,46, 1050-1052

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Unusual reactivities of N-heterocyclic carbenes upon coordination to the platinum(II)–dimethyl moiety

G. C. Fortman, N. M. Scott, A. Linden, E. D. Stevens, R. Dorta and S. P. Nolan, Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1050 DOI: 10.1039/B920482B

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