Pyrazolyl- N -heterocyclic carbene complexes of rhodium as hydrogenation catalysts: The influence of ligand steric bulk on catalyst activity

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2009

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Page, Michael
Wagler, Jorg
Messerle, Barbara Ann

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Royal Society of Chemistry

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A series of bidentate 1-(1-pyrazolylmethyl)-substituted NHC ligands (13a-c, 14a-c and 15a-c) were synthesised with substituents of varying steric bulk incorporated adjacent to the donor atoms. These ligands were coordinated to rhodium(I) to give a series

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Keywords: Catalytic activity; Complex structure; Donor atoms; Hydrogenation catalyst; Metal bounds; N-heterocyclic carbene complex; NHC ligands; Pyrazolyl; Single crystal x-ray diffraction; Solid-state structures; Steric bulk; Catalysis; Catalyst activity; Hydrogen

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Dalton Transactions

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