Novel Di(N-heterocyclic Carbene) Ligands and Related Transition Metal Complexes

Book excerpt: The PhD, a collaboration between the University of Padova and the University of Strasbourg, is focused on the chemistry of di(N-heterocyclic carbene) ligands and can be divided in four families of ligands that constitute the four chapters: i) metal complexes (Cu(I), Ag(I), Au(I), Ir(III), Ru(II)) with di(N-heterocyclic carbene) ligands bearing a rigid phenylene bridge between the carbene units; ii) metal complexes (Cu(I), Ag(I), Au(I), Ru(II)) combining an imidazole-based NHC ligand functionalized with a triazole in the 5 position of the backbone; iii) metal complexes (Ag(I), Au(I), Pd(II)) with heteroditopic ligands based on imidazol-2-ylidene and 1,2,3-triazol-5-ylidene moieties connected with a propylene bridge; iv) bis(benzoxazolium) proligands and attempted synthesis of related transition metal complex.