Thiazole-Annelated Imidazolium Salts: A New Architecture for N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

Abstract

A short synthesis of thiazole-annelated imidazolium salts is presented. Deprotonation of these salts allowed the formation of new N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) and the investigation of their respective electronic properties, which were determined by X-ray crystal structure analysis and IR spectroscopy of the corresponding iridium carbonyl complexes. Finally, the ability of these NHCs to form the corresponding palladium complexes was demonstrated.

Key words

N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) - imidazolium salt - thiazole - NHC-metal complex

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