articleChemical ScienceSep 15, 2010Closed access

Stable singlet carbenes as mimics for transition metal centers

DMDavid MartínMSMichèle SoleilhavoupGBGuy Bertrand

University of California, Riverside

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Abstract

This perspective summarizes recent results, which demonstrate that stable carbenes can activate small molecules (CO, H(2), NH(3) and P(4)) and stabilize highly reactive intermediates (main group elements in the zero oxidation state and paramagnetic species). These two tasks were previously exclusive for transition metal complexes.

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  • Singlet state
  • Transition metal
  • Paramagnetism
  • Molecule
  • Chemistry
  • Chemical physics
  • Metal
  • Photochemistry
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