A stable acyclic ligand equivalent of an unstable 1,3-dithiol-5-ylidene

Gaël Ung, Daniel Mendoza-Espinosa, Jean Bouffard, Guy Bertrand

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Abstract

Substitutes you can rely on: Mesoionic carbenes (MICs) are not always stable. However, the acyclic ethynylcarbamodithioate 2 formed (instead of the corresponding MIC) by deprotonation of dithiolium salt 1 underwent cyclization to its precursor under acidic conditions and reacted with a variety of transition-metal centers to yield robust MIC complexes 3; (see scheme; Tipp=2,4,6-triisopropylphenyl).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4215-4218
Number of pages4
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume50
Issue number18
DOIs
StatePublished - 26 Apr 2011

Keywords

  • cyclization
  • gold
  • mesoionic carbenes
  • transition metals

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