The new phosphaalkenyl(chloro)tin(II) compound NHC-Sn(Cl)[C(SiMe3)=PMes*] was isolated and fully characterized including molecular structure determination by a single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. Its reaction with Me2SAuCl led to the formation of an unprecedented P=C-bridged trinuclear gold complex [AuC(SiMe3)=PMes*]3 through the transfer of the phosphaalkenyl substituent to the gold atom.

The title compound, C(14)H(16)N(4)O(2)S, is a Schiff base derivative of 2-(methyl-sulfan-yl)benzaldehyde. The configuration about the C=N double bond is E. The heterocyclic ring is essentially planar (τ = 3.1°) and makes a dihedral angle of 12.24 (7)° with the benzene ring. An intra-molecular N-H⋯S hydrogen bond is observed. In the crystal, N-H⋯O and C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link mol-ecules into la...

Magnesium dications bind strongly to a tridentate anionic dicarbene ligand L = [N{CH(2)CH(2)(CNCHCHNMes)}(2)] forming dinuclear and trinuclear Mg complexes with some particularly short Mg-C bonds. Treatment of the proligand H(4)LCl(3) with three equivalents of methyl magnesium chloride or benzyl magnesium chloride affords Mg(3)(HL)Cl(6) in high yield. A suspension of in thf was heated to 80 deg...

N-Heterocyclic carbenes, or NHCs as they are commonly abbreviated, have attracted significant interest over the past decade due to their widespread utility in chemical transformations. As ligands on transition metals, NHCs have been found to have properties similar to those of the widely employed phosphine ligand, due to their ability to act as both a Lewis base and a Lewis acid at the same tim...

Conjugate acids of cyclic (amino)(phosphino)carbenes (P-NHCs) have been prepared, and several different processes have been observed during their deprotonation, which include the formation of a metastable P-NHC, an azomethine ylide, and a bicyclic phosphirane.

A mild method for the regioselective C2-bromination of fused azine N-oxides is presented, employing tosic anhydride as the activator and tetra-n-butylammonium bromide as the nucleophilic bromide source. The C2-brominated compounds are produced in moderate to excellent yields and with excellent regioselectivity in most cases. The potential extension of this method to other halogens, effecting C2...

C(1)-symmetric isoquinoline-based chiral diaminocarbene ligands (MIQ) have been developed to block three quadrants of the metal coordination sphere, complementing C(2)-symmetric biisoquinoline-based ligands (BIQ). MIQ-Cu complexes catalyzed conjugate borylation of various α,β-unsaturated amides in good yields (82-99%) and enantioselectivities (75-87% ee).

Three cis-chelating di-N-heterocyclic carbene palladium(II) complexes [Pd(X)2(di- NHC)] (X= tsac, sac and bit) tsac= thiosaccharinate, sac= saccharinate, bit= benzisothiazolinate, bearing different anionic co-ligand was synthesized characterized. A series of (2-5) homo-dicarbene ligand with varying propylene-bridged (C3) N-heterocyclic backbones (imidazole) have been by reaction [Pd(OAc)2] the ...

Aryl aldehyde activation: Oxidative activation of 2-methylindole-3-carboxaldehyde (I) through N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) organocatalysis generates heterocyclic ortho-quinodimethane (II) as a key intermediate. This intermediate then undergoes formal [4+2] cycloaddition with trifluoromethyl ketones or isatins to form polycyclic lactones containing a quaternary carbon center.

Amidase-catalyzed desymmetrization of meso-N-heterocyclic dicarboxamides under very mild conditions provided a highly efficient and practical method for the preparation of enantiomerically pure carbamoyl-substituted heterocyclic amino acids that were unique and versatile platforms for the construction of both antipodes of aza-sugar containing nucleoside analogs.