SYNTHESIS OF ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS

By ELIZABETH ROBINSON

N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENES IN CATALYSIS—AN INTRODUCTION AS LIGANDS FOR HIGH-OXIDATION-STATE METAL COMPLEXES AND OXIDATION CATALYSIS PALLADIUM-CATALYZED REACTIONS USING NHC LIGANDS ROUTES TO N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENE COMPLEXES CHIRAL N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENES AS STEREODIRECTING LIGANDS IN ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS TRANSITION METAL-CATALYZED REACTIONS USING N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENE LIGANDS (BESIDES PD- AND RU-CATALYZED REACTIONS N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENES AS LIGANDS FOR OLEFIN METATHESIS CATALYSTS 7 CONCLUSION REFERENCES