The field of N-heterocyclic carbenes, whether in transition-metal catalysis or organocatalysis, is rapidly evolving towards applications, but is also still very active on the catalyst development front.
The reference work „Science of Synthesis: N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Catalytic Organic Synthesis provide a user’s guide to NHC chemistry and catalysis, thus facilitating the introduction of NHCs to novices and also helping to expand the repertoire of synthetic tools available to the more-advanced researcher, enabling the design of new catalysts and reactions.
Presentation of the most commonly used and significant metal- or non-metal-catalyzed reactions for modern organic synthesis
Coverage of the basic principles and current stateof- the-art of the methods
Discussion of scope, limitations, and mechanism of these reactions
Inclusive key experimental procedures
Typical examples of target synthesis to show the utility and inspire further applications
Volume 1 provides a detailed introduction to NHCs, with discussion of their architectures and steric and electronic properties
Steven Nolan
Chemie Organische Chemie Synthese chemistry synthetic methods metal complexes N-heterocyclic carbenes cross coupling metathesis polymerization addition reactions cyclization asymmetric catalysis recyclable catalysts organocatalysis organic chemistry