When rhenium carbonyl complexes with N-alkylimidazole ligands are treated with strong bases, deprotonation at the C2-H imidazole position triggers a variety of unprecedented reactions. The exact outcome depends dramatically of the nature of the ancillary ligands, and include ring-opening, C-C bond formation, activation of carbonyl ligands and formation of imidazol-2-yl ligands.

Deprotonation of N-alkylimidazole ligands: New reactivity patterns

240th National Meeting (2010)

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