N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes in C-H Activation Reactions

Overview

Journal Chem Rev

Publisher American Chemical Society

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2020 Jan 23

PMID 31967451

Citations 69

Authors

Qun Zhao

Guangrong Meng

Steven P Nolan

Michal Szostak

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Abstract

In this contribution, we provide a comprehensive overview of C-H activation methods promoted by NHC-transition metal complexes, covering the literature since 2002 (the year of the first report on metal-NHC-catalyzed C-H activation) through June 2019, focusing on both NHC ligands and C-H activation methods. This review covers C-H activation reactions catalyzed by group 8 to 11 NHC-metal complexes. Through discussing the role of NHC ligands in promoting challenging C-H activation methods, the reader is provided with an overview of this important area and its crucial role in forging carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom bonds by directly engaging ubiquitous C-H bonds.

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