The ruthenium carbene pincer complex 2 was synthesized treating the benzo annulated cycloheptatriene bisphosphine 1 with RuCl3. Addition of three equivalents of hydrogen to the carbocyclic carbene complex 2 was...
The reactions of a three-coordinate cobalt(i)–N-heterocyclic carbene complex with different organometallic reagents afford different cyclometallated cobalt–N-heterocyclic carbene complexes.
A simple and air-stable copper(I)/N-heterocyclic carbene complex enables the catalytic hydrogenation of hitherto unreactive enoates and enamides employing H2 as terminal reducing agent. This atom economic transformation replaces commonly employed hydrosilanes and can also be carried out in an asymmetric fashion.<br><br>
Catalytic Hydrogenation of α,β-Unsaturated Carboxylic Acid Derivatives Using copper(I)/N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes
