Complexes of unsymmetrically substituted N-heterocyclic carbenes with NMR-active metals
(Ag, Hg, Pt) with or without a 13C-label in the 2-position were synthesized by aldimine cross coupling and analyzed
with respect to the scalar couplings between the metal center or C2 and the other
ring atoms.
Key words
N-heterocyclic carbenes -
13C labeling - NMR-active metals - cross-coupling - spectroscopy