Complexes with Poly(N-heterocyclic carbene) Ligands: Structural Features and Catalytic Applications

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Umpolung of Michael Acceptors Catalyzed by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

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Synthesis, Stability, and Antimicrobial Studies of Electronically Tuned Silver Acetate N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

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Pyridine Substituted N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands as Supports for Au(I)−Ag(I) Interactions: Formation of a Chiral Coordination Polymer

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Reactivity Differences in the Syntheses of Chelating N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes of Rhodium Are Ascribed to Ligand Anisotropy

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Highly 3,4-Selective Living Polymerization of Isoprene with Rare Earth Metal Fluorenyl N-Heterocyclic Carbene Precursors

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