Evidence for the spontaneous formation of N-heterocyclic carbenes in imidazolium based ionic liquids

N.M.A.N. Daud, Eduards Baķis, J. P. Hallett, C. C. Weber, T. Welton (Corresponding Author)

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Abstract

We present a study of the reactions of aldehydes in ionic liquids which gives evidence for the spontaneous formation of N-heterocyclic carbenes in ionic liquids based on 1,3-dialkyl substituted imidazolium cations from the lack of a deuterium isotope effect on the reaction of these ionic liquids with aldehydes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)11154-11156
Number of pages3
JournalChemical Communications
Volume53
Issue number81
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017
Externally publishedYes

Keywords*

  • ionic liquid
  • carbene
  • imidazole derivative
  • heterocyclic compound
  • chemical structure
  • reaction analysis

Field of Science*

  • 1.4 Chemical sciences

Publication Type*

  • 1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database

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