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Complexation of stable carbenes with alkali metals

Roger W. Alder, Michael E. Blake, C. Bortolotti, Simone Bufali, Craig P. Butts, E.B. Linehan, Josep M. Oliva, A.G. Orpen, Michael J. Quayle

Chemical Communications · 1999 · 219 citations · 10 references

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Abstract

Stable diaminocarbenes, including imidazol-2-ylidenes, undergo complexation with lithium, sodium and potassium species; the crystal structure of a complex of 1,3-diisopropyl-3,4,5,6-tetrahydropyrimid-2-ylidene 1 with KN(SiMe3)2 is reported.

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Anthony J. Arduengo, Richard L. Harlow, Michael Kline · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1991 · 4.1K citations

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Wolfgang A. Herrmann, Christian Köcher · Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English · 1997 · 1.7K citations · Full text

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Electronic stabilization of nucleophilic carbenes

Anthony J. Arduengo, H. V. Rasika Dias, Richard L. Harlow et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1992 · 1.1K citations

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A stable diaminocarbene

Anthony J. Arduengo, Jens R. Goerlich, William Marshall · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1995 · 447 citations

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Michael Denk, Avinash N. Thadani, Ken Hatano et al. · Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English · 1997 · 173 citations

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