Rh(III) complexes with a bidentate N-heterocyclic carbene ligand bearing flexible dendritic frameworks have been synthesized and fully characterized by X-ray crystallographic analysis, NMR measurements and theoretical calculations.

The functionalisation of two neighboring beta-pyrrolic positions of a porphyrin by a fused N-heterocyclic carbene ligand, the subsequent metallation of this external coordination site by palladium(II) and the structural characterisation of the resulting compounds are presented.

A stable six-membered N-heterocyclic carbene with a redox-active ferrocene-based backbone was prepared, characterised by X-ray crystallography and utilised as a ligand for the preparation of expected and unexpected metal complexes.

Styrene can be polymerized at room temperature in the presence of equimolar mixtures of the gold(III) complexes (NHC)AuBr3 (NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene ligand) and NaBAr'4, in the first example of a gold-induced olefin polymerization reaction.

A 1,8-bis(alkylamido)naphthalene framework has been applied to the construction of N-heterocyclic arsenium and stibenium cations; a novel synthetic route, involving protonation of an ancillary amido ligand, was used to generate the base-stabilized stibenium cation.

This is a report of the studies conducted on synthesis, spectral, biological viz. antibacterial and antitumorous activities some Copper complexes synthesized from multidentate thiosemicarbazone ligand, HL2. based reaction between secondary amine viz.N-phenyl piperazine an N-substituted heterocyclic ketone 2-Benzoylpyridine. The ligand exhibits mode coordination through N,N,S donor atoms in copp...

Effective methods of ligand design have been highly sought due to the significant roles of ligands in controlling metal catalyses. In particular, easy-to-handle ligands to realize high reaction efficacy, substrate tolerance, and environmental friendliness are desirable. Novel bidentate ligands containing N-heterocyclic carbene and thioether moieties were developed based on findings of hemilabil...

Treatment of 1,3-bis(3'-butylimidazolyl-1'-yl)benzene diiodide with elemental sulfur in the presence of a base produced a bis(N-heterocyclic thione) (NHT) pincer ligand precursor. Its reaction with PdCl2(CH3CN)2 produced chloro[1,3-bis(3'-butylimidazole-2'-thione-κ-S)benzene-κ-C]palladium(ii), a 6,6-fused ring SCS-NHT palladium pincer complex. This air stable compound is, to our knowledge, the ...

A new PCP-type ligand based on an N-heterocyclic olefin (NHO) scaffold has been prepared. The flexibility of this ligand, which is able to adopt facial coordination modes in Ir(I) or meridional in Ir(III) complexes, can be attributed to the dual nature (ylide-olefin) of the NHO scaffold. This results in a rare case of olefin "slippage" that is supported by X-ray crystallography and DFT calculat...