Redox-induced umpolung of transition metal carbenes.

ABSTRACT: Metal carbene complexes have been at the forefront of organic and organometallic synthesis and are instrumental in guiding future sustainable chemistry efforts. While classical Fischer and Schrock type carbenes have been intensely studied, compounds that do not fall within one of these categories have attracted attention only recently. In addition, applications of carbene complexes rarely take advantage of redox processes, which could open up a new dimension for their use in practical processes. Herein, we report an umpolung of a nucleophilic palladium carbene complex, [{PC(sp²)P} ^tBuPd(PMe₃)] ({PC(sp²)P} ^tBu = bis[2-(di-iso-propylphosphino)-4-tert-butylphenyl]methylene), realized by successive one-electron oxidati

SUBMITTER: Cui P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5633845 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature