The employment of N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) to design luminescent metal
compounds has been the focus of recent intense investigations because of the strong σ …

N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) have become one of the most widely studied class of
ligands in molecular chemistry and have found applications in fields as varied as catalysis …

Mechanochemistry is becoming more widespread as a technique for molecular synthesis
with new mechanochemical reactions being discovered at increasing frequency. Whilst …

Three-and four-membered rings, widespread motifs in nature and medicinal chemistry, have
fascinated chemists ever since their discovery. However, due to energetic considerations …

Ionic liquids have attracted a great deal of interest in recent years, illustrated by their
applications in a variety of areas involved with chemistry, physics, biology, and engineering …

Cyclic (alkyl)-and (aryl)-(amino) carbenes (CAACs and CAArCs) are stronger σ-donors and
π-acceptors than imidazol-2-ylidenes and imidazolidin-2-ylidenes, the well-known N …

The emergence of N-heterocyclic carbenes as ligands across the Periodic Table had an
impact on various aspects of the coordination, organometallic, and catalytic chemistry of the …

N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) represent one of the most important organic ligands in
coordination chemistry, and have been recently attracting increasing attention in …

Chiral ligands play a central role in enantioselective transition-metal catalysis. The success
of achiral N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) as stable electron-rich neutral ligands in …

In the present review, we consider the transformations of molecular catalysts, leaching,
aggregation and various interconversions of metal complexes, clusters and nanoparticles …