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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
1,1'-(Butane-1,4-di-yl)bis-[2-(pyridin-2-yl)-1H-benzimidazole]
Shao-Chuan Zhou1, Hong-Zhen Xie
1State Key Lab. Base of Novel Functional Materials and Preparation Science, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315211, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
The complete mol-ecule of the title compound, C(28)H(24)N(6), is generated by inversion symmetry with the inversion centre located at the mid-point of the central C-C bond of the butanediyl unit. The benzimidazole and pyridine rings are almost coplanar, the dihedral angle between their mean planes being 6.86 (11)°.
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