Direct Synthesis of Iron, Cobalt, Nickel, and Copper Complexes of N‐Heterocyclic Carbenes by Using Commercially Available Metal Powders

Abstract

Move to the first row: Simple and practical synthetic methods have been developed for metal complexes of N-heterocyclic carbenes. A number of FeII, CoII, NiII, as well as divalent and mixed-valent Cu carbene complexes were obtained in good yields by treating metal powders with imidazolium salts in the presence of Ag2O or air. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.