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Hydrogen abstraction from organotin di- and trihydrides by N-heterocyclic carbenes: a new method for the preparation of NHC adducts to tin(<scp>ii</scp>) species and observation of an isomer of a hexastannabenzene derivative [R<sub>6</sub>Sn<sub>6</sub>]

Christian P. Sindlinger, Lars Wesemann

Chemical Science · 2014 · 92 citations · 57 references

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Abstract

<italic>N</italic>-Heterocyclic carbenes are shown to cleanly abstract dihydrogen from organotin di- and trihydrides to intermediately form the reactive stannylene species [R<sub>2</sub>Sn] and [R′SnH], respectively, which undergo further reactions.

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