NHC-Stabilised Acetylene—How Far Can the Analogy Be Pushed?

Georgiou, DC; Zhao, L; Wilson, David; Frenking, G; Dutton, Jason

doi:10.26181/607fc354d3b72

NHC-Stabilised Acetylene—How Far Can the Analogy Be Pushed?

journal contribution

posted on 2021-04-21, 06:16 authored by DC Georgiou, L Zhao, David WilsonDavid Wilson, G Frenking, Jason DuttonJason Dutton

Experimental studies suggest that the compound (NHC ) C H can be considered as a complex of a distorted acetylene fragment which is stabilised by benzoannelated N-heterocyclic carbene ligands (NHC )→(C H )←(NHC ). A quantum chemical analysis of the electronic structures shows that the description with dative bonds is more favourable than with electron-sharing double bonds (NHC )=(C H )=(NHC ).

History

Publication Date

2017-01-01

Journal

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volume

23

Issue

12

Pagination

9p. (p. 2926-2934)

Publisher

Wiley

ISSN

0947-6539

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