Carbodicarbenes-divalent carbon(0) compounds exhibiting carbon-carbon donor-acceptor bonds

Gernot Frenking, Ralf Tonner

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Abstract

Theoretical and experimental studies of the recently introduced class of divalent carbon(0) compounds CL2, wherein L is a carbene ligand, are described. Carbodicarbenes posses two donor-acceptor bonds between carbene ligands and a bare carbon atom that retains its four valence electrons as two lone pairs. Carbodicarbenes R2C → C ← CR2 are very strong Lewis bases. They are σ- and π-donors and thus may bind to two Lewis bases.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)869-878
Number of pages10
JournalWiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Computational Molecular Science
Volume1
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2011
Externally publishedYes

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