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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
Bis[1-benzyl-3-(4-methyl-phen-yl)imidazol-2-yl-idene]silver(I) hexa-fluorido-phosphate
Abstract:
The title silver N-heterocyclic carbene compound, [Ag(C(17)H(16)N(2))(2)]PF(6), crystallizes as a mononuclear salt. The two imidazole rings, which are almost coplanar [maximum deviation from the least squares plane of 0.05 (2) Å], are linked by the Ag atom with a C-Ag-C angle of 178.60 (9)°. In the crystal, C-H⋯F hydrogen bonds, weak π-π inter-actions [centroid-centroid distances = 3.921 (1) and 3.813 (3) Å] and C-H⋯π inter-actions lead to a supermolecular structure.
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