Controlling the reactivity and stability of graphene-supported Ru NPs by modifying their surface with pyrene-tagged N -heterocyclic carbene ligands.

Correction for ‘Advances in chemistry of N-heterocyclic carbene boryl radicals’ by Tsuyoshi Taniguchi, Chem. Soc. Rev. , 2021, DOI: 10.1039/d1cs00385b.

The reactions of nickel(0) complexes with phosphine, bipyridine-type, and N-heterocyclic carbene ligands aryl, vinyl, alkyl halides is reviewed.

A method is described that makes use of easily prepared, inexpensive copper synthons as N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) transfer agents to generate catalytically relevant gold and palladium complexes.

Azolium cumulenolates are a special type of intermediates in N-heterocyclic carbene catalysis. They contain elongated linear structures with three contiguous C=C bonds and sterically unhindered α-carbon atoms. These structural features make it difficult to develop enantioselective reactions for these intermediates. Here we disclose the first carbene-catalyzed highly addition azolium cumulenolat...

The first Z -stereoselective catechodithiolate ruthenium complexes containing achiral and chiral cyclic(alkyl)(amino)carbene ligands are reported.

Two novel N-heterocylic carbene enolate nickel complexes have been prepared and shown to be active for ethylene and propylene polymerization to yield linear polymers.

The N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed [3 + 3] cyclocondensation of bromoenals and hydrazones is developed to give the corresponding chiral 4,5-dihydropyridazones in good yields with excellent enantioselectivities.

Optically active highly functionalized 3,4-dihydropyridin-2-ones were synthesized by N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed [4+2] enantioselective cycloaddition of ketenes and 1-azadienes.

Enzymatic and carbene catalysed ring opening polymerisation can be combined in a one-pot reaction for the metal-free synthesis of degradable block copolymers.