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A Versatile Palladium Synthon: [Pd(NHC)(PhC≡CPh)]

Francis Bru1, Mathieu Lesieur2, Albert Poater3

  • 1Department of Chemistry, Center for Sustainable Chemistry, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.

Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany)
|September 1, 2022
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Summary

New palladium(0) complexes featuring N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands enable access to novel palladium species and catalyze allene hydrosilylation. These findings advance organometallic chemistry and catalytic applications.

Keywords:
alkyne ligandscarbene ligandshomogeneous catalysishydrosilylationpalladium

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