Dimerization of a mononuclear gold(I) complex to its corresponding dinuclear complex containing a cyclophane-NHC ligand

Synthesis and Anticancer Activities of some Ag(I) Complexes Involving N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands

“…[6,[24][25][26][27] The broad application of metal-NHC complexes in various fields, including catalysis and biology, can be attributed in part to the development of this synthesis method. [1][2][3][4][5][6][28][29][30][31][32] The high stability and low toxicity of NHC ligands, as well as their strong sigmadonating ability, make them attractive ligands for metal complexes. [33][34][35][36][37][38] The high stability of Ag(I)-NHC complexes means that silver ions are released more slowly, making them therapeutically effective for longer periods.…”

“…This discovery, coupled with the ease of synthesis, stability, and lack of free carbenes, has made the Ag(I)‐NHC reaction one of the most straightforward and widely used approaches to the synthesis of metal‐NHC complexes [6,24–27] . The broad application of metal‐NHC complexes in various fields, including catalysis and biology, can be attributed in part to the development of this synthesis method [1–6,28–32] . The high stability and low toxicity of NHC ligands, as well as their strong sigma‐donating ability, make them attractive ligands for metal complexes [33–38] …”

Synthesis, structural studies and computational evaluation of cyclophanes incorporating imidazole-2-selones

“…[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Interestingly, NHCs can act as s-donor and p-acceptor ligands, which made them interesting chemical structures in different elds of chemistry. 1,8,9 Recently, NMR studies have been reported to determine the p-acceptor strength of NHCs by measuring the 31 P or 77 Se NMR chemical shis of NHC-phosphinidene or NHC-Se adducts. [10][11][12][13] In particular, X-ray studies of NHC-S adducts showed that the NHC-S moiety is planar and that the C-S bond distance (∼1.70 Å) is longer than a typical C]S bond distance (∼1.63 Å).…”