The Book
The first textbook on the organometallic chemistry of N-heterocyclic carbenes.
- publisher:
- Wiley
- year:
- February 2017
- isbn:
- 978-1-118-59377-6
- pages:
- 368 pages
- level:
- Advanced undergraduate and above
This is the first textbook on N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs). It describes various aspects of these interesting compounds and their transition metal complexes at an entry level suitable for advanced undergraduate students and above. The book starts with a historical overview on the quest for carbenes, then covers unique properties, reactivities and nomenclature of the four classical NHCs, synthetic aspects, and selected NHC complexes of key metals (Ni, Pd, Pt, Ag, Cu, Au, Ru, Rh, Ir). It concludes with an outlook on non-classical NHCs.
Topics Covered
- Stabilization, dimerization and decomposition of NHCs
- Stereoelectronic properties and their evaluation
- Diversity of NHCs
- Isomers of NHC complexes and their identification
- NMR spectroscopic signatures of NHC complexes
- Normal, abnormal and mesoionic NHCs