Carbenes are organic molecules that contain a neutral divalent carbon with only six valence electrons. One type of carbene is the N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC). Recently, N-heterocyclic carbenes with large sterically hindering aryl groups have been used to prepare many intriguing main group metal complexes. Here, we report the utilization of the extremely bulky iPr* NHC ligand in the formation of group 13 metal halide complexes. Although this ligand replaces the methyl groups of iPr NHC with phenyl groups, it has been shown in the literature to be malleable enough to contain transition metal centers within the gap surrounding the carbene center.

Stabilization of group 13 metal complexes by utilization of the sterically hindered N-heterocyclic carbene, iPR

245th National Meeting (2013)

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