A general synthetic route to [Cu(X)(NHC)] (NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene, X = Cl, Br, I) complexes

Orlando Santoro; Alba Collado; Alexandra M Z Slawin; Steven P Nolan; Catherine S J Cazin

doi:10.1039/c3cc45488f

A general synthetic route to [Cu(X)(NHC)] (NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene, X = Cl, Br, I) complexes

Chem Commun (Camb). 2013 Nov 18;49(89):10483-5. doi: 10.1039/c3cc45488f.

Authors

Orlando Santoro¹, Alba Collado, Alexandra M Z Slawin, Steven P Nolan, Catherine S J Cazin

Affiliation

¹ EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, KY16 9ST, UK. cc111@st-andrews.ac.uk.

Abstract

A one-pot procedure for the synthesis of [Cu(X)(NHC)] (X = Cl, Br, I) is reported. The reaction is applicable to a wide range of saturated and unsaturated NHC ligands, is scalable and proceeds under mild conditions using technical grade solvents in air.