Reactivity of acyclic diaminocarbene ligands
Reactivity of acyclic diaminocarbene ligands
Acyclic
diaminocarbenes (ADCs) are powerful ligands with a broad application scope in
organometallic chemistry, catalysis, photophysics and crystal engineering. Although the preparation
and application of metal-ADC species is discussed in many reports, reactivity
of ADC ligands is much less scrutinised. However, studies emerged indicate that
ADC ligands, in particular, those prepared via the metal-mediated nucleophilic
addition to isocyanides, can be further converted into various post-functionalised
derivatives. In this review, we attempt for the first time to rationalise the
most important reactivity modes of metal-ADC species reported up to date.
