Bis(diethylamino)carbene and the mechanism of dimerisation for simple diaminocarbenes

Bis(diethylamino)carbene is kinetically stable to dimerization in THF at ambient temperature; dimer formed during carbene generation arises from reaction of the carbene with the precursor formamidinium ion; this is probably the commonest route to tetraaminoethene dimers, and in a related case the in...

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Published in:Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) England), 2004-01 (19), p.2172-2173
Main Authors: Alder, Roger W, Chaker, Leila, Paolini, François P V
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Language:English
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Summary:Bis(diethylamino)carbene is kinetically stable to dimerization in THF at ambient temperature; dimer formed during carbene generation arises from reaction of the carbene with the precursor formamidinium ion; this is probably the commonest route to tetraaminoethene dimers, and in a related case the intermediate protonated tetraaminoethene can be observed by NMR.
ISSN:1359-7345
1364-548X
DOI:10.1039/b409112d