A. Collado, János Balogh, Sébastien Meiries
May 28, 2013
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Organometallics
Abstract
The free N-heterocyclic carbene IPent (1; IPent = 1,3-bis(2,6-bis(1-ethylpropyl)phenyl)imidazol-2-ylidene) was prepared from the corresponding imidazolium chloride salt (2). The steric and electronic parameters of 1 were determined by synthesis of the gold(I) chloride complex [Au(IPent)Cl] (3) and the nickel–carbonyl complex [Ni(IPent)(CO)3] (4), respectively. 3 and 4 were fully characterized by NMR spectroscopy, elemental analysis, and X-ray diffraction studies on single crystals.