NHC-based pincer ligands: carbenes with a bite

Hydrogenation and Dehydrogenation Iron Pincer Catalysts Capable of Metal–Ligand Cooperation by Aromatization/Dearomatization

(2015) Thomas Zell et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Ruthenium(II) Complexes Containing Lutidine-Derived Pincer CNC Ligands: Synthesis, Structure, and Catalytic Hydrogenation of CN bonds

(2015) Martín Hernández-Juárez et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Accessible Syntheses of Late Transition Metal (Pre)Catalysts Bearing N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands

(2015) David J. Nelson   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

An Iron-Based Photosensitizer with Extended Excited-State Lifetime: Photophysical and Photovoltaic Properties

(2015) Thibaut Duchanois et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Bis-N-heterocyclic Carbene Aminopincer Ligands Enable High Activity in Ru-Catalyzed Ester Hydrogenation

(2015) Georgy A. Filonenko et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Iron sensitizer converts light to electrons with 92% yield

(2015) Tobias C. B. Harlang et al.   Nature Chemistry

Coordination Induced Atropisomerism in an NHC-Based Rhodium Macrocycle

(2015) Rhiann E. Andrew et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Rhodium(I) and Iridium(I) Complexes of the Conformationally Rigid IBioxMe4 Ligand: Computational and Experimental Studies of Unusually Tilted NHC Coordination Geometries

(2015) Jan-Niclas Luy et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Catalytic Hydrogenation of CO2 to Formates by a Lutidine-Derived Ru–CNC Pincer Complex: Theoretical Insight into the Unrealized Potential

(2015) Georgy A. Filonenko et al.   ACS Catalysis

Selective Catalytic Transfer Dehydrogenation of Alkanes and Heterocycles by an Iridium Pincer Complex

(2014) Wubing Yao et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Bond Activation and Catalysis by Ruthenium Pincer Complexes

(2014) Chidambaram Gunanathan et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Synthesis and Reactivity of NHC-Based Rhodium Macrocycles

(2014) Rhiann E. Andrew et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Exceptional Excited-State Lifetime of an Iron(II)–N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complex Explained

(2014) Lisa A. Fredin et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

An overview of N-heterocyclic carbenes

(2014) Matthew N. Hopkinson et al.   NATURE

N-Heterocyclic Silyl Pincer Ligands

(2014) Lily S. H. Dixon et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

CNC-Pincer Rare-Earth Metal Amido Complexes with a Diarylamido Linked Biscarbene Ligand: Synthesis, Characterization, and Catalytic Activity

(2014) Xiaoxia Gu et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Nickel(II) Pincer Carbene Complexes: Oxidative Addition of an Aryl C–H Bond to Form a Ni(II) Hydride

(2014) Ellen M. Matson et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Acceptorless Alkane Dehydrogenation Catalyzed by Iridium CCC-Pincer Complexes

(2014) Anthony R. Chianese et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Lutidine-Derived Ru-CNC Hydrogenation Pincer Catalysts with Versatile Coordination Properties

(2014) Georgy A. Filonenko et al.   ACS Catalysis

Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling of bulky anthracenyl carboxylates by using pincer nickel N-heterocyclic carbene complexes: an efficient protocol to access fluorescent anthracene derivatives

(2013) Mizhi Xu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Towards longer-lived metal-to-ligand charge transfer states of iron(ii) complexes: an N-heterocyclic carbene approach

(2013) Yizhu Liu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Synthesis, structure and dynamics of NHC-based palladium macrocycles

(2013) Rhiann E. Andrew et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Efficient Near-UV Emitters Based on Cationic Bis-Pincer Iridium(III) Carbene Complexes

(2013) Noviyan Darmawan et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Metal and halogen dependence of the rate effect in hydroamination/cyclization of unactivated aminoalkenes: Synthesis, characterization, and catalytic rates of CCC-NHC hafnium and zirconium pincer complexes

(2013) Wesley D. Clark et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY

Stabilization of Ruthenium Sensitizers to TiO2 Surfaces through Cooperative Anchoring Groups

(2013) Douglas G. Brown et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Catalytic Hydrogenation Activity and Electronic Structure Determination of Bis(arylimidazol-2-ylidene)pyridine Cobalt Alkyl and Hydride Complexes

(2013) Renyuan Pony Yu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Boryl-Mediated Reversible H2 Activation at Cobalt: Catalytic Hydrogenation, Dehydrogenation, and Transfer Hydrogenation

(2013) Tzu-Pin Lin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Copper N-heterocyclic carbene complexes in catalysis

(2013) Jonathan D. Egbert et al.   Catalysis Science & Technology

Isolation of a PBP-Pincer Rhodium Complex Stabilized by an Intermolecular CH σ Coordination as the Fourth Ligand

(2012) Maki Hasegawa et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Novel bisimidazolium pincers as low loading ligands for in situ palladium-catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura reaction in the ambient atmosphere

(2012) Chao Gao et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Hydrogenation of imines catalysed by ruthenium(ii) complexes based on lutidine-derived CNC pincer ligands

(2012) Martín Hernández-Juárez et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Bis(tridentate) Ruthenium–Terpyridine Complexes Featuring Microsecond Excited-State Lifetimes

(2012) Douglas G. Brown et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Synthesis of Titanium CCC-NHC Pincer Complexes and Catalytic Hydroamination of Unactivated Alkenes

(2012) Theodore R. Helgert et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Iridium Complexes of Bulky CCC-Pincer N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands: Steric Control of Coordination Number and Catalytic Alkene Isomerization

(2012) Anthony R. Chianese et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Hydroamination of Unactivated Alkenes Catalyzed by Novel Platinum(II) N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes

(2012) Peng Cao et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Synthesis, Air Stability, Photobleaching, and DFT Modeling of Blue Light Emitting Platinum CCC-N-Heterocyclic Carbene Pincer Complexes

(2012) Xiaofei Zhang et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

High-Activity Iron Catalysts for the Hydrogenation of Hindered, Unfunctionalized Alkenes

(2012) Renyuan Pony Yu et al.   ACS Catalysis

Dehydrogenation and Related Reactions Catalyzed by Iridium Pincer Complexes

(2011) Jongwook Choi et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Synthetic Routes to N-Heterocyclic Carbene Precursors

(2011) Laure Benhamou et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

N-Heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands and palladium in homogeneous cross-coupling catalysis: a perfect union

(2011) George C. Fortman et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

A Heteroleptic Bis(tridentate) Ruthenium(II) Complex of a Click-Derived Abnormal Carbene Pincer Ligand with Potential for Photosensitzer Application

(2011) Benjamin Schulze et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Electronic and geometrical manipulation of the excited state of bis-terdentate homo- and heteroleptic ruthenium complexes

(2011) Joydev Dinda et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Cleavage of unreactive bonds with pincer metal complexes

(2011) Martin Albrecht et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Stepwise synthesis of a hydrido, N-heterocyclic dicarbene iridium(iii) pincer complex featuring mixed NHC/abnormal NHC ligands

(2011) Weiwei Zuo et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of Iridium NHC Pincer Complexes

(2011) Katherine M. Schultz et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Size-Selective Vapochromic Platinum(II) Complex with a Sterically Demanding Pincer-Type N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligand

(2011) Chen-Shiang Lee et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

N-Heterocyclic Dicarbene Iridium(III) Pincer Complexes Featuring Mixed NHC/Abnormal NHC Ligands and Their Applications in the Transfer Dehydrogenation of Cyclooctane

(2011) Weiwei Zuo et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Development of Platinum(II) and -(IV) CNC Pincer Complexes and Their Application in a Hydrovinylation Reaction

(2011) Daniel Serra et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

A Brief Survey of Our Contribution to Stable Carbene Chemistry

(2011) David Martin et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

The Development and Catalytic Uses of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Gold Complexes

(2010) Steven P. Nolan   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

The Measure of All Rings-N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

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

A pyridine-bridged bis-benzimidazolylidene pincer nickel(ii) complex: synthesis and practical catalytic application towards Suzuki–Miyaura coupling with less-activated electrophiles

(2010) Tao Tu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

N-heterocyclic carbene tethered amido complexes of palladium and platinum

(2010) Warren B. Cross et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

CCC–N-heterocyclic carbene pincer complexes: Synthesis, characterization and hydroamination activity of a hafnium complex

(2010) Joon Cho et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY

Bicyclic Imidazoles for Modular Synthesis of Chiral Imidazolium Salts

(2010) Kazuhiro Yoshida et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Iridium Complexes of CCC-Pincer N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands: Synthesis and Catalytic C−H Functionalization

(2010) Anthony R. Chianese et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

CCC-Pincer Bis(carbene) Lanthanide Dibromides. Catalysis on Highlycis-1,4-Selective Polymerization of Isoprene and Active Species

(2010) Kui Lv et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

A Lutidine-Bridged Bis-Perimidinium Salt: Synthesis and Application as a Precursor in Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions

(2009) Tao Tu et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

Neutral Tridentate PNP Ligands and Their Hybrid Analogues: Versatile Non-Innocent Scaffolds for Homogeneous Catalysis

(2009) Jarl Ivar van der Vlugt et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Ruthenium-Based Olefin Metathesis Catalysts BearingN-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands

(2009) Cezary Samojłowicz et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Complexes with Poly(N-heterocyclic carbene) Ligands: Structural Features and Catalytic Applications

(2009) Macarena Poyatos et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Late Transition Metal Catalysis

(2009) Silvia Díez-González et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Synthesis, Structure and Catalytic Activity of Macrocyclic NHC Pd Pincer Complexes

(2009) Shinichi Saito et al.   HETEROCYCLES

Syntheses of PBP Pincer Iridium Complexes: A Supporting Boryl Ligand

(2009) Yasutomo Segawa et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Rhodium and Iridium Amido Complexes Supported by Silyl Pincer Ligation: Ammonia N−H Bond Activation by a [PSiP]Ir Complex

(2009) Erin Morgan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Reaction Intermediates in the Synthesis of New Hydrido, N-Heterocyclic Dicarbene Iridium(III) Pincer Complexes

(2009) Matthieu Raynal et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Water-Induced Changes of Photoluminescence of a Pincer-Type N-Heterocyclic Carbene Platinum(II) Complex

(2009) Chen-Shiang Lee et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

“Pincer” Pyridine-Dicarbene-Iridium Complexes: Facile CH Activation and Unexpected η2-Imidazol-2-ylidene Coordination

(2008) Andreas A. Danopoulos et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Heterocyclic Carbenes: Synthesis and Coordination Chemistry

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

An improved method for the synthesis of zirconium (CCC-N-heterocyclic carbene) pincer complexes and applications in hydroamination

(2008) Joon Cho et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

‘Pincer’ pyridine dicarbene complexes of nickel and their derivatives. Unusual ring opening of a coordinated imidazol-2-ylidene

(2008) David Pugh et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Pincer-type bis(carbene)-derived complexes of nickel(II): Synthesis, structure, and catalytic activity

(2008) Kiyofumi Inamoto et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY

Air- and Water-Stable Catalysts for Hydroamination/Cyclization. Synthesis and Application of CCC−NHC Pincer Complexes of Rh and Ir

(2008) Eike B. Bauer et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Ethylene Oligomerization with Cr−NHC Catalysts: Further Insights into the Extended Metallacycle Mechanism of Chain Growth

(2008) David S. McGuinness et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS