Investigation of the properties of 4,5-dialkylated N-heterocyclic carbenes†
Slawomir Urban,Roland Fröhlich,Frank Glorius
Dalton Transactions Pub Date : 07/17/2009 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/B908981K
Abstract
The investigation of the electronic and steric properties of 4,5-disubstituted imidazolylidenes is reported, as well as their successful application as organocatalysts in the formation of γ-butyrolactones by conjugate Umpolung.
