Pyykkö Pekka, Runeberg Nino
Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 55, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.
Chem Asian J. 2006 Oct 20;1(4):623-8. doi: 10.1002/asia.200600181.
The bonding strength of N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands to a neutral AuCl test moiety are compared to that of several phosphanes and other ligands. Of the ligands studied, the NHCs clearly form the strongest bonds to AuCl. A simplified triangular CN2 model is also introduced for the NHCs.
