Grasa Gabriela A, Singh Rohit, Scott Natalie M, Stevens Edwin D, Nolan Steven P
Department of Chemistry, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA-70148, USA.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2004 Dec 21(24):2890-1. doi: 10.1039/b410986d. Epub 2004 Nov 4.
The reactivity of a N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) with a pseudo-acid (ester in this case) is described. The product results from an unusual C-H bond activation. The structure of the product has been established by a single crystal diffraction study.