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Palladium N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes: Synthesis from Benzimidazolium Salts and Catalytic Activity in Carbon-carbon Bond-forming Reactions
Published on: July 30, 2017
1-[6-(Hydroxy-meth-yl)-2-pyrid-yl]-3-(2,4,6-trimethyl-benz-yl)-1H-imidazol-3-ium bromide
Chuang Zhou1, Xiang-Ge Zhou, Yu-Ping Qiu
1Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
In the title compound, C(19)H(22)N(3)O(+)·Br(-), the imidazole ring is approximately coplanar with the pyridine ring [dihedral angle = 0.88 (13)°] and nearly perpendicular to the benzene ring [dihedral angle = 81.70 (13)°]. O-H⋯Br and C-H⋯Br hydrogen bonding helps to stabilize the crystal structure.
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