Abstract
The synthesis of an air-stable series of Pd0 complexes with dissymmetric bidentate N-heterocyclic carbene-amine ligands has been performed. The key step is an unprecedented carbene transfer from AgI to obtain electron-rich zero-valent palladium precatalysts. The coordination behavior of the ligands was determined with X-ray crystallography. Surprising results were obtained in the catalysis of transfer semi-hydrogenation, where the addition of base appeared not to be necessary to obtain the desired product stereoselectively.
| Original language | Undefined/Unknown |
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| Pages (from-to) | 225-228 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Applied Organometallic Chemistry |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| Publication status | Published - 2009 |