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 2 covers the use of NHCs in the various types of metathesis reaction, polymerization, cyclization reactions, oxidation reactions, and
carbonylation/carboxylation reactions
Steven Nolan
Chemie N-heterocyclic carbenes Organische Chemie Referenzwerk Synthese addition reactions asymmetric catalysis chemistry synthetic methods cross coupling cyclization metal complexes metathesis organic chemistry organic reactions organic synthesis