Hidden in plain sight: commonly used copper N-heterocyclic carbene catalysts gain stabilization from anagostic Cu⋯H–C interactions

2026/01/01 by Connly Yan, Tieyan Chang, Yu-Sheng Chen +3 · 1 voice
Chemistry · #N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry #Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions #Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods

paper · pdf · doi:10.1039/d5sc09643j

Abstract

= 1.09 ± 0.01 for the hydrosilylation of a ketone at 315 K. Since these anagostic interactions were not previously assigned apart from selected supramolecular systems, knowledge of anagostic stabilization of Cu-NHC complexes is expected to guide future catalyst designs.

Citations

• Charge, bond order and valence in the AB initio SCF theory

Discussions

• Our first publication of 2026 will change the way you think about metal-NHC complexes! Check it out in @chemicalscience.rsc.org . Big thanks to Connly Yan, our NMR collaborators, and NSF ChemMatCARS f [bsky, 17 points, 0 comments]

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