2005/10/17 by Anthony J. Arduengo, Daniela Tapu, William Marshall · 1 citation
Chemistry · #N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry #Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions #Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods #Zwitterion #Carbene #Ligand (biochemistry) #Chemistry #Mercury (programming language) #Metal #Metallocene #Combinatorial chemistry #Polymer chemistry #Organic chemistry #Molecule #Catalysis #Computer science
paper · doi:10.1002/anie.200502814
openalex publication_date 2005/10/17 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/22
A zwitterionic ligand yields a trimetallic carbene complex (see structure), in which the metal centers are electronically coupled by a single ligand that employs both σ and π bonding. This imidazol-2-ylidene complex, derived from the imidazoliumcyclopentadienide zwitterion, reveals a carbene-ligand architecture that allows the incorporation of multiple metal and/or main-group element centers.