N-Heterocyclic carbenes as organocatalysts for polymerizations: trends and frontiers

Oxa-Michael addition polymerization of acrylates catalyzed by N-heterocyclic carbenes

(2015) Shin-ichi Matsuoka et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Proton-Transfer Polymerization (HTP): Converting Methacrylates to Polyesters by an N-Heterocyclic Carbene

(2014) Miao Hong et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Ring-Opening Polymerization and Copolymerization of Propylene Oxide Catalyzed by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

(2014) Ronald Lindner et al.   ChemCatChem

Cyclodimerization versus Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate Induced byN-Heterocyclic Carbenes: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study

(2014) Winnie Nzahou Ottou et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Cooperative N-Heterocyclic Carbene/Brønsted Acid Catalysis for the Tail-to-Tail (Co)dimerization of Methacrylonitrile

(2014) Terumasa Kato et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Experimental and Computational Studies on the Mechanism of Zwitterionic Ring-Opening Polymerization of δ-Valerolactone with N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

(2014) Ashwin K. Acharya et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Comparative Reactivity of Different Types of Stable Cyclic and Acyclic Mono- and Diamino Carbenes with Simple Organic Substrates

(2014) David Martin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Latent and Delayed Action Polymerization Systems

(2014) Stefan Naumann et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Synthesis and Topological Trapping of Cyclic Poly(alkylene phosphates)

(2014) Tyler S. Stukenbroeker et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Air Stable and Latent Single-Component Curing of Epoxy/Anhydride Resins Catalyzed by Thermally Liberated N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

(2014) Stefan Naumann et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Zwitterionic Ring-Opening Polymerization: Models for Kinetics of Cyclic Poly(caprolactone) Synthesis

(2014) Hayley A. Brown et al.   MACROMOLECULES

An overview of N-heterocyclic carbenes

(2014) Matthew N. Hopkinson et al.   NATURE

N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed Umpolung of Styrenes: Mechanistic Elucidation and Selective Tail-to-Tail Dimerization

(2014) Michael Schedler et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Liberation of N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) from thermally labile progenitors: protected NHCs as versatile tools in organo- and polymerization catalysis

(2014) Stefan Naumann et al.   Catalysis Science & Technology

Initiators for Continuous Activator Regeneration Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate and Styrene with N-Heterocyclic Carbene as Ligands for Fe-Based Catalysts

(2014) Seiji Okada et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Zwitterionic Ring-Opening Polymerization for the Synthesis of High Molecular Weight Cyclic Polymers

(2013) Hayley A. Brown et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

1-n-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium-2-carboxylate: a versatile precatalyst for the ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone andrac-lactide under solvent-free conditions

(2013) Astrid Hoppe et al.   Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry

Photoswitchable NHC-promoted ring-opening polymerizations

(2013) Bethany M. Neilson et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) as organocatalysts and structural components in metal-free polymer synthesis

(2013) Maréva Fèvre et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Acyl anion free N-heterocyclic carbene organocatalysis

(2013) Sarah J. Ryan et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Dual catalysis: new approaches for the polymerization of lactones and polar olefins

(2013) Estefanía Piedra-Arroni et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Zwitterionic Polymerization to Generate High Molecular Weight Cyclic Poly(Carbosiloxane)s

(2013) Hayley A. Brown et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Organocatalytic Conjugate-Addition Polymerization of Linear and Cyclic Acrylic Monomers by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: Mechanisms of Chain Initiation, Propagation, and Termination

(2013) Yuetao Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Anionic Ring-Opening Homo- and Copolymerization of Lactams by Latent, Protected N-Heterocyclic Carbenes for the Preparation of PA 12 and PA 6/12

(2013) Stefan Naumann et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Neutral and Cationic N-Heterocyclic Carbene Zirconium and Hafnium Benzyl Complexes: Highly Regioselective Oligomerization of 1-Hexene with a Preference for Trimer Formation

(2013) Samuel Dagorne et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Polymerization of methyl methacrylate by latent pre-catalysts based on CO2-protected N-heterocyclic carbenes

(2013) Stefan Naumann et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Azolium hydrogen carbonates and azolium carboxylates as organic pre-catalysts for N-heterocyclic carbene-catalysed group transfer and ring-opening polymerisations

(2013) Maréva Fèvre et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Protected N-heterocyclic carbenes as latent pre-catalysts for the polymerization of ε-caprolactone

(2013) Stefan Naumann et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Polymerization of cyclic esters using N-heterocyclic carbene carboxylate catalysts

(2013) Emilie Brulé et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Polymerization of ε-Caprolactam by Latent Precatalysts Based on Protected N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

(2013) Stefan Naumann et al.   ACS Macro Letters

A quantitative approach to nucleophilic organocatalysis

(2012) Herbert Mayr et al.   Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry

Abnormal, mesoionic and remote N-heterocyclic carbene complexes

(2012) Robert H. Crabtree   COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS

Lewis pair polymerization by classical and frustrated Lewis pairs: acid, base and monomer scope and polymerization mechanism

(2012) Yuetao Zhang et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Imidazolium Hydrogen Carbonates versus Imidazolium Carboxylates as Organic Precatalysts for N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed Reactions

(2012) Maréva Fèvre et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Cyclic polymers: Methods and strategies

(2012) Zhongfan Jia et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY

Imidazol(in)ium Hydrogen Carbonates as a Genuine Source of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes (NHCs): Applications to the Facile Preparation of NHC Metal Complexes and to NHC-Organocatalyzed Molecular and Macromolecular Syntheses

(2012) Maréva Fèvre et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Mediated Zwitterionic Polymerization of N-Substituted N-Carboxyanhydrides toward Poly(α-peptoid)s: Kinetic, Mechanism, and Architectural Control

(2012) Li Guo et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Synthesis of a sterically modulated pyridine–NHC palladium complex and its reactivity towards ethylene

(2012) Vsevolod Khlebnikov et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

Organic Catalysis for Ring-Opening Polymerization

(2012) Andrew P. Dove   ACS Macro Letters

N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: Organocatalysts with Moderate Nucleophilicity but Extraordinarily High Lewis Basicity

(2011) Biplab Maji et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Zwitterionic Copolymerization: Synthesis of Cyclic Gradient Copolymers

(2011) Eun Ji Shin et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed Umpolung of Michael Acceptors for Intermolecular Reactions

(2011) Akkattu T. Biju et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Introduction of abnormal N-heterocyclic carbene as an efficient organocatalyst: ring opening polymerization of cyclic esters

(2011) Tamal K. Sen et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Synthetic Routes to N-Heterocyclic Carbene Precursors

(2011) Laure Benhamou et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Crystallization of Cyclic Polymers: Synthesis and Crystallization Behavior of High Molecular Weight Cyclic Poly(ε-caprolactone)s

(2011) Eun Ji Shin et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Synthesis and Characterization of Amphiphilic Cyclic Diblock Copolypeptoids fromN-Heterocyclic Carbene-Mediated Zwitterionic Polymerization ofN-SubstitutedN-Carboxyanhydride

(2011) Chang-Uk Lee et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Synthesis and Characterization of Cyclic Brush-Like Polymers byN-Heterocyclic Carbene-Mediated Zwitterionic Polymerization ofN-PropargylN-Carboxyanhydride and the Grafting-to Approach

(2011) Samuel H. Lahasky et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Organocatalytic Tail-to-Tail Dimerization of Olefin: Umpolung of Methyl Methacrylate Mediated by N-Heterocyclic Carbene

(2011) Shin-ichi Matsuoka et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Cooperative Lewis acid/N-heterocyclic carbene catalysis

(2011) Daniel T. Cohen et al.   Chemical Science

The Measure of All Rings-N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

(2010) Thomas Dröge et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

pKas of the conjugate acids of N-heterocyclic carbenes in water

(2010) Eleanor M. Higgins et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

The Depolymerization of Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) Using N-Heterocyclic Carbenes from Ionic Liquids

(2010) Nahrain E. Kamber et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION

N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Organocatalyzed Ring-Opening Polymerization of Ethylene Oxide in the Presence of Alcohols or Trimethylsilyl Nucleophiles as Chain Moderators for the Synthesis of α,ω-Heterodifunctionalized Poly(ethylene oxide)s

(2010) Jean Raynaud et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Carbenes in ionic liquids

(2010) Oldamur Hollóczki et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

Ruthenium-Based Olefin Metathesis Catalysts BearingN-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands

(2009) Cezary Samojłowicz et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Ruthenium-Based Heterocyclic Carbene-Coordinated Olefin Metathesis Catalysts†

(2009) Georgios C. Vougioukalakis et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Synthetic approaches for the preparation of cyclic polymers

(2009) Boyd A. Laurent et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

CO2and SnIIAdducts of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes as Delayed-Action Catalysts for Polyurethane Synthesis

(2009) Bhasker Bantu et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Benzoin condensation in 1,3-dialkylimidazolium ionic liquids via electrochemical generation of N-heterocyclic carbene

(2009) Monica Orsini et al.   ELECTROCHEMISTRY COMMUNICATIONS

CO2, Magnesium, Aluminum, and Zinc Adducts of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes as (Latent) Catalysts for Polyurethane Synthesis

(2009) Bhasker Bantu et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

A Systematic Investigation of Factors Influencing the Decarboxylation of Imidazolium Carboxylates

(2009) Bret R. Van Ausdall et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Zwitterionic Polymerization: A Kinetic Strategy for the Controlled Synthesis of Cyclic Polylactide

(2009) Wonhee Jeong et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Cyclic Poly(α-peptoid)s and Their Block Copolymers from N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Mediated Ring-Opening Polymerizations of N-SubstitutedN-Carboxylanhydrides

(2009) Li Guo et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

AnN,N′-Diamidocarbene: Studies in C−H Insertion, Reversible Carbonylation, and Transition-Metal Coordination Chemistry

(2009) Todd W. Hudnall et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Induced Zwitterionic Ring-Opening Polymerization of Ethylene Oxide and Direct Synthesis of α,ω-Difunctionalized Poly(ethylene oxide)s and Poly(ethylene oxide)-b-poly(ε-caprolactone) Block Copolymers

(2009) Jean Raynaud et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

N-Heterocyclic Carbenes for the Organocatalytic Ring-Opening Polymerization of ε-Caprolactone

(2009) Nahrain E. Kamber et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Step-Growth Polymerization of Terephthaldehyde Catalyzed byN-Heterocyclic Carbenes

(2009) Julien Pinaud et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Harnessing the Potential of N‐Heterocyclic Carbenes for the Rejuvenation of Group‐Transfer Polymerization of (Meth)Acrylics

(2008) Jean Raynaud et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Heterocyclic Carbenes: Synthesis and Coordination Chemistry

(2008) F. Ekkehardt Hahn et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

N-Heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed dehydration of α,ω-disilanol oligomers

(2008) Sébastien Marrot et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY

Group Transfer Polymerization of Acrylates Catalyzed by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

(2008) Marc D. Scholten et al.   MACROMOLECULES

On the interactions of N,N′-bismesitylimidazolin-2-yl and alcohols

(2008) Michael A. Schmidt et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS