T
he crystalline
heteroditopic, acyclic,
and nonenolizable imino-
N-
heterocyclic carbene c
helating lig
and1-
tert-butyl-3-(1-p
henyliminop
henylmet
hylene)imidazol-2-ylidene (designated as C
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has beenisolated
and structurally c
haracterized. T
he metal complexes [Pd(C
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2], [Pd(allyl)(C
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and.gif">imine)]PF
6, [R
h(COD)(C
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and.gif">imine)]PF
6,
and [R
h(CO)(C
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and.gif">imine)
2]Cl
have been prepared eit
her by Ag transfer orby reaction wit
h t
he free carbene. T
he palladium(II) complexes
have been tested for catalytic applicationin Suzuki type C-C cross-coupling reactions of aryl bromides
and t
he r
hodium(I) complexes for t
hecatalytic
hydroformylation of 1-octene. T
he metal complexes [Pd(C
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2], [Pd(allyl)(C
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and.gif">imine)]PF
6,
and [R
h(CO)(C
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and.gif">imine)
2]Cl
have been structurally c
haracterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.