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Chelating C4-bound imidazolylidene complexes through oxidative addition of imidazolium salts to palladium(0)

Krüger, Anneke ; Kluser, Evelyne ; Müller-Bunz, Helge ; Neels, Antonia ; Albrecht, Martin

In: European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2012, p. -

Oxidative addition of donor-functionalised 4-iodoimidazolium salts to palladium(0) provides a selective route for the preparation of abnormal chelating N-heterocyclic carbene complexes and enables the introduction of a variety of donor groups. The activation of the C4 position does not necessitate protection of the imidazolium C2 position, thereby leaving this site available for further...

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Palladation of diimidazolium salts at the C4 position: access to remarkably electron-rich palladium(II) centers

Heckenroth, Marion ; Kluser, Evelyne ; Neels, Antonia ; Albrecht, Martin

In: Dalton Transactions, 2008, p. 6242 - 6249

Palladation of C2-protected diimidazolium salts with Pd(OAc)₂ afforded complexes comprising C4-bound N-heterocyclic dicarbene ligands. The reactivity of these complexes towards Lewis acids (AgBF₄, AgOAc) and Brønsted acids (H₂SO₄, H₃PO₄, HOAc) revealed that abnormal C4 bonding of the carbenes markedly increases the nucleophilicity of the coordinated palladium center as compared to C2...

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Mild and rational synthesis of palladium complexes comprising C(4)-bound N-heterocyclic carbenes

Kluser, Evelyne ; Neels, Antonia ; Albrecht, Martin

In: Chemical Communications, 2006, p. 4495-4497

Oxidative addition of pyridyl-functionalised 4-iodoimidazolium salts to palladium(0) gives catalytically active complexes in which the N-heterocyclic carbene is bound to the palladium(II) centre in a non-classical bonding mode via C(4).