Synthesis, reactivity, and ligand properties of a stable alkyl carbene

Vincent Lavallo; John Mafhouz; Yves Canac; Bruno Donnadieu; Wolfgand W Schoeller; Guy Bertrand

doi:10.1021/ja047503f

Synthesis, reactivity, and ligand properties of a stable alkyl carbene

J Am Chem Soc. 2004 Jul 21;126(28):8670-1. doi: 10.1021/ja047503f.

Authors

Vincent Lavallo¹, John Mafhouz, Yves Canac, Bruno Donnadieu, Wolfgand W Schoeller, Guy Bertrand

Affiliation

¹ UCR-CNRS Joint Research Chemistry Laboratory (UMR 2282), Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521-0403, USA.

PMID: 15250717
DOI: 10.1021/ja047503f

Abstract

Stable tert-butyl diisopropylamino carbene is more nucleophilic but also more electrophilic than diamino carbenes; it undergoes cyclopropanation reactions and easily binds to metal fragments.