Wun-Jie Huang

Electronically Tunable Imidazo[1,2- a ]pyridine Mesoionic Carbenes for PEPPSI-type PalladiumCatalysts

Abstract A series of PEPPSI-type palladium complexes, trans-PdI2(NHC)(pyridine), incorporating unsymmetrical imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine-derived mesoionic carbene (MIC) ligands, was synthesized and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and DFT analysis. The C3-aryl substit...