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The Developing Concept of Bifunctional Catalysis with Transition Metal N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes
Author(s) -
Ramasamy Balasubramaniyam,
Ghosh Prasenjit
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
european journal of inorganic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1099-0682
pISSN - 1434-1948
DOI - 10.1002/ejic.201501429
Subject(s) - bifunctional , chemistry , catalysis , carbene , combinatorial chemistry , homogeneous catalysis , homogeneous , transition metal , synergistic catalysis , nanotechnology , organic chemistry , physics , materials science , thermodynamics
Though N‐heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) have long become popular as ligands of choice in transition metal mediated homogeneous catalysis, their related utility in bifunctional catalysis remains surprisingly overlooked. Conceptually more challenging, the bifunctional catalysis requires synchronous activations of substrates at complementary active‐sites of a carefully crafted catalyst architecture, and which has been successfully realized in a number of interesting NHC‐based bifucntional catalysts in recent times. The microreview summarizes the latest developments of this emerging area of the NHC‐based bifunctional catalysis by looking into the underlying commonality existing behind these catalytic transformations from a mechanistic perspective.