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Carbene Complexes of Nonmetals
Author(s) -
Kirmse Wolfgang
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
european journal of organic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1099-0690
pISSN - 1434-193X
DOI - 10.1002/ejoc.200400415
Subject(s) - carbene , chemistry , electrophile , oxonium ion , nucleophile , transition metal carbene complex , adduct , methylene , medicinal chemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis , ion
Electrophilic carbenes accept a variety of n‐ and π‐donors. The products range from persistent ylides to matrix‐isolated xenon complexes. Ylides can be viewed as carbene complexes if they regenerate carbenes thermally or undergo concerted methylene transfer reactions. According to these definitions, the present review focuses on oxonium and iodonium ylides. Transient π‐complexes appear to be involved in addition reactions of carbenes with arenes (but not with alkenes). Nucleophilic carbenes form adducts with Lewis acids which are, for the most part, stable and have been well characterized structurally. Only recently attention has been directed to reversible systems. (© Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2005)