N-heterocyclic carbene metal complexes: photoluminescence and applications

R Visbal, MC Gimeno - Chemical Society Reviews, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
This review covers the advances made in the synthesis of luminescent transition metal
complexes containing N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands. The presence of a high field …

Application of the five-membered ring blue light-emitting iridium products of cyclometalation reactions as OLEDs

I Omae - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) are manufactured primarily by synthesizing five-
membered ring products using cyclometalation reactions. Highly photoluminescent quantum …

L‐Shaped Heterobidentate Imidazo[1,5‐a]pyridin‐3‐ylidene (N,C)‐Ligands for Oxidant‐Free AuI/AuIII Catalysis

P Gao, J Xu, T Zhou, Y Liu, E Bisz… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In the last decade, major advances have been made in homogeneous gold catalysis.
However, AuI/AuIII catalytic cycle remains much less explored due to the reluctance of AuI to …

Recent advances in annellated NHCs and their metal complexes

NUD Reshi, JK Bera - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) have emerged as one of the most useful class of ligands
for metal complexes primarily due to their relatively easy synthesis, broad structural and …

N-Heterocyclic Carbene Gold(I) Complexes: Mechanism of the Ligand Scrambling Reaction and Their Oxidation to Gold(III) in Aqueous Solutions

SK Goetzfried, CM Gallati, M Cziferszky… - Inorganic …, 2020 - ACS Publications
N-Heterocyclic carbene (NHC) gold (I) complexes offer great prospects in medicinal
chemistry as antiproliferative, anticancer, and antibacterial agents. However, further …

Gold (I) and Gold (III) complexes of cyclic (alkyl)(amino) carbenes

AS Romanov, M Bochmann - Organometallics, 2015 - ACS Publications
The chemistry of Au (I) complexes with two types of cyclic (alkyl)(amino) carbene (CAAC)
ligands has been explored, using the sterically less demanding dimethyl derivative …

Synthesis of chiral bifunctional NHC ligands and survey of their utilities in asymmetric gold catalysis

JQ Zhang, Y Liu, XW Wang, L Zhang - Organometallics, 2019 - ACS Publications
The synthesis and characterization of the chiral bifunctional NHC ligands based on the
imidazo [1, 5-a] pyridine (ImPy) scaffold are described. These ligands possess a fluxional …

Gold (III) compounds containing a chelating, dicarbanionic ligand derived from 4, 4′-di-tert-butylbiphenyl

B David, U Monkowius, J Rust, CW Lehmann… - Dalton …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
An oligomeric gold (III) compound containing dicarbanionic chelating 4, 4′-di-tert-
butylbiphenyl was prepared via transmetallation using the corresponding organotin (IV) …

Cyclometalation reactions

I Omae - Sprindger, Tokyo, 2014 - Springer
Our laboratory at Osaka University began studies on catalysis for direct reactions of alkyl
halides with tinfoil in 1959. The studies revealed that alcohols and amines show high …

Imidazo [1, 5-a] pyridin-3-ylidenes as π-accepting carbene ligands: substituent effects on properties of N-heterocyclic carbenes

Y Koto, F Shibahara, T Murai - Organic & biomolecular chemistry, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Various 1-substituted-imidazo [1, 5-a] pyridin-3-ylidenes were prepared and characterized.
The fundamental character and the effects of substituents on the imidazo [1, 5-a] pyridine …