Abnormal NHC silyl derivatives

Lewis Base Stabilized Group 14 Metalylenes

Amit Pratap Singh, Prinson P. Samuel, Kartik Chandra Mondal, Herbert W. Roesky,* Navdeep S. Sidhu, and Birger Dittrich* 

This paper reports the synthesis of an abnormal NHC-Si derivative by NHC exchange.  The authors speculate that the abnormal NHC is a better electrophile and nucleophile compared to the conventional NHCs.

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/om301062d 

Posted by Alex Zhukhovitskiy