Research and Development Department, Division of Chemistry, Raazi Environmental Protection Foundation, Shiraz, Iran.
Top Curr Chem (Cham). 2020 May 4;378(3):39. doi: 10.1007/s41061-020-00304-8.
During the last decade, organometallic, coordination, and catalytic chemistry of the three-dimensional metals such as copper (Cu) has been greatly affected by the emergence of nitrogen heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complexes. The NHCs, and in particular the mononuclear Cu-based ones, have been proven vastly useful in several applications such as in biosynthesis, catalysis, photochemistry, etc. This review tries to thoroughly describe a series of mononuclear Cu NHC complexes and their subcategories such as heteroleptics, and bidentate and tridentate heteroatom complexes, and give some detailed insights on their development, emergence, and applications. A brief outlook is also disclosed to enable other researchers to further develop a platform for future advances and studies in the field of Cu-based NHCs.
在过去的十年中，三维金属如铜（Cu）的有机金属、配位和催化化学受到了氮杂环卡宾（NHC）配合物的出现的极大影响。NHC 配合物，特别是单核 Cu 基配合物，已被证明在生物合成、催化、光化学等多个领域具有广泛的应用价值。本综述试图详细描述一系列单核 Cu-NHC 配合物及其亚类，如杂配位体、双齿和三齿杂原子配合物，并对其发展、出现和应用进行了一些详细的探讨。本文还简要展望了未来的发展方向，为进一步开展基于 Cu 的 NHC 领域的研究提供了一个平台。
