“…To the best of our knowledge, no report on chelating NHC metal complexes has been presented. Following our interest in the development of ring-expanded NHCs based on substituted 1,4,5,6-tetrahydropyrimidine and their metal complexes (Mao et al, 2012), and with the intention of synthesizing chelating ringexpanded NHC metal complexes, we synthesized the chelating NHC precursor, 3-methyl-1-(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)-3,4,5,6tetrahydropyrimidin-1-ium bromide and determined the structure of its monohydrate derivative. Research on the synthesis of carbene-metal complexes containing this ligand is currently in progress.…”