Accelerating the insertion reactions of (NHC)Cu–H <i>via</i> remote ligand functionalization
Amy L. Speelman, Ba L. Tran, Jeremy D. Erickson, Monica Vasiliu, David A. Dixon, R. Morris Bullock
Abstract
dimer relative to the (NHC)Cu-H monomer, resulting in faster formation of Cu-H monomer. These findings indicate that remote functionalization of NHCs is a compelling strategy for accelerating the rate of substrate insertion with Cu-H species.
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