Synthesis and Study of Janus Bis(carbene)s and Their Transition‐Metal Complexes

Abstract

Deuces wild: From catalysis through materials science to biology, N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) can truly be regarded as a wild card of ligands. A new series of “two-faced” (Janus-type) ligands composed of two linearly opposed NHCs fused to an arene linker has been synthesized and can be used to prepare discrete bimetallic complexes.