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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
3-(4-Bromo-phen-yl)-N,N-dimethyl-3-oxopropan-1-aminium chloride
Abstract:
The title compound, C(11)H(15)BrNO(+)·Cl(-), was obtained as a precursor within our current program for the synthesis of new β-amino-alcohols via a Mannich-type reaction. The protonated amino N atom is hydrogen bonded to the chloride anion. With exception of one methyl group, the cation is approximately planar (r.m.s. deviation for all non H-atoms = 0.069 Å).
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