Investigating the Synthesis of Imidazolium-Based NHC Ligands

Abstract

N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) are a convincing choice for building ligands in transition metal complexes. This allows many variations of imidazolium-based ligands to be synthesized for coordination with transition metals. The synthesis of multiple imidazolium-based ligands was explored, and the steric implications of varying N-substituents were investigated.