The triplet state of deprotonated mesoionic carbene Breslow intermediates is thermally accessible: Distal difunctionalization of aldehydes
Zengyu Zhang, Shiqing Huang, Chen‐Yuan Li, Liangliang Zhao, Wei Liu, Mohand Melaïmi, Guy Bertrand, Xiaoyu Yan
Topics & Concepts
MesoionicCarbeneUmpolungChemistryReductive eliminationDeprotonationArylPhotochemistryOrganocatalysisOxidative additionMedicinal chemistryCatalysisOrganic chemistryNucleophileEnantioselective synthesisAlkylIonN-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic ChemistryCatalytic Cross-Coupling ReactionsCatalytic C–H Functionalization Methods