A Brief Survey of Our Contribution to Stable Carbene Chemistry

Chemical Routes for the Transformation of Biomass into Chemicals

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A stable crystalline carbene

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The Development of L2X2RuCHR Olefin Metathesis Catalysts: An Organometallic Success Story

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Synthesis and Activity of a New Generation of Ruthenium-Based Olefin Metathesis Catalysts Coordinated with 1,3-Dimesityl-4,5-dihydroimidazol-2-ylidene Ligands

Scholl, M., Ding, S., Lee, C. W., & Grubbs, R. H. (1999) · Organic Letters · doi:10.1021/ol990909q · Cited by 3,467

Gold-Catalyzed Organic Reactions

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Organocatalysis by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

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Catalytic Carbophilic Activation: Catalysis by Platinum and Gold π Acids

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Hydroamination: Direct Addition of Amines to Alkenes and Alkynes

Müller, T. E., Hultzsch, K. C., Yus, M., Foubelo, F., & Tada, M. (2008) · Chemical Reviews · doi:10.1021/cr0306788 · Cited by 2,090

Ligand Effects in Homogeneous Au Catalysis

Gorin, D. J., Sherry, B. D., & Toste, F. D. (2008) · Chemical Reviews · doi:10.1021/cr068430g · Cited by 2,051

Ruthenium-Based Heterocyclic Carbene-Coordinated Olefin Metathesis Catalysts

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Frustrated Lewis Pairs: Metal‐free Hydrogen Activation and More

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Gold-Catalyzed Organic Transformations

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On the Mechanism of Thiamine Action. IV.1 Evidence from Studies on Model Systems

Breslow, R. (1958) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/ja01547a064 · Cited by 1,721

Alternative Synthetic Methods through New Developments in Catalysis by Gold

Arcadi, A. (2008) · Chemical Reviews · doi:10.1021/cr068435d · Cited by 1,520

Coinage Metal-Assisted Synthesis of Heterocycles

Patil, N. T., & Yamamoto, Y. (2008) · Chemical Reviews · doi:10.1021/cr050041j · Cited by 1,188

π-Bonding and the Lone Pair Effect in Multiple Bonds Involving Heavier Main Group Elements: Developments in the New Millennium

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Beyond Conventional N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: Abnormal, Remote, and Other Classes of NHC Ligands with Reduced Heteroatom Stabilization

Schuster, O., Yang, L., Raubenheimer, H. G., & Albrecht, M. (2009) · Chemical Reviews · doi:10.1021/cr8005087 · Cited by 1,074

Stable Cyclic Carbenes and Related Species beyond Diaminocarbenes

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Metal Complexes of N‐Heterocyclic Carbenes—A New Structural Principle for Catalysts in Homogeneous Catalysis

Herrmann, W. A., Elison, M., Fischer, J., Köcher, C., & Artus, G. R. J. (1995) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English · doi:10.1002/anie.199523711 · Cited by 1,063

Olefin Metathesis-Active Ruthenium Complexes Bearing a Nucleophilic Carbene Ligand

Huang, J., Stevens, E. D., Nolan, S. P., & Petersen, J. L. (1999) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/ja9831352 · Cited by 1,011

Ruthenium-Based Olefin Metathesis Catalysts Bearing N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands

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Facile Splitting of Hydrogen and Ammonia by Nucleophilic Activation at a Single Carbon Center

Frey, G. D., Lavallo, V., Donnadieu, B., Schoeller, W. W., & Bertrand, G. (2007) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1141474 · Cited by 954

1,3-Dimethyl-4-imidazolinyliden-(2)-pentacarbonylchrom ein neuer übergangsmetall-carben-komplex

Öfele, K. (1968) · Journal of Organometallic Chemistry · doi:10.1016/s0022-328x(00)88691-x · Cited by 878

Coordination chemistry at carbon

Alcarazo, M., Lehmann, C. W., Anoop, A., Thiel, W., & Fürstner, A. (2009) · Nature Chemistry · doi:10.1038/nchem.248 · Cited by 749

Stable singlet carbenes as mimics for transition metal centers

Martin, D., Soleilhavoup, M., & Bertrand, G. (2011) · Chem. Sci. · doi:10.1039/c0sc00388c · Cited by 666

Frustrated Lewis pairs: a new strategy to small molecule activation and hydrogenation catalysis

Stephan, D. W. (2009) · Dalton Transactions · doi:10.1039/b819621d · Cited by 573

Recent Developments in Enantioselective Gold(I) Catalysis

Widenhoefer, R. A. (2008) · Chemistry – A European Journal · doi:10.1002/chem.200800219 · Cited by 568

Preparation, Structure, and Reactivity of 1,3,4‐Triphenyl‐4,5‐dihydro‐1 H‐1,2,4‐triazol‐5‐ylidene, a New Stable Carbene

Enders, D., Breuer, K., Raabe, G., Runsink, J., Teles, J. H., Melder, J., Ebel, K., & Brode, S. (1995) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English · doi:10.1002/anie.199510211 · Cited by 543

Coordination Chemistry of Ene‐1,1‐diamines and a Prototype “Carbodicarbene”

Fürstner, A., Alcarazo, M., Goddard, R., & Lehmann, C. W. (2008) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.200705798 · Cited by 464

Divalent Carbon(0) Chemistry, Part 1: Parent Compounds

Tonner, R., & Frenking, G. (2008) · Chemistry - A European Journal · doi:10.1002/chem.200701390 · Cited by 450

Isolation of a C5-Deprotonated Imidazolium, a Crystalline “Abnormal” N-Heterocyclic Carbene

Aldeco-Perez, E., Rosenthal, A. J., Donnadieu, B., Parameswaran, P., Frenking, G., & Bertrand, G. (2009) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1178206 · Cited by 450

Crystalline 1 H‐1,2,3‐Triazol‐5‐ylidenes: New Stable Mesoionic Carbenes (MICs)

Guisado‐Barrios, G., Bouffard, J., Donnadieu, B., & Bertrand, G. (2010) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.201001864 · Cited by 434

Stable Noncyclic Singlet Carbenes

Vignolle, J., Cattoën, X., & Bourissou, D. (2009) · Chemical Reviews · doi:10.1021/cr800549j · Cited by 426

Carbene Catalysts

Moore, J. L., & Rovis, T. (2009) · Topics in Current Chemistry · doi:10.1007/128_2008_18 · Cited by 417

C(NHC) 2 : Divalent Carbon(0) Compounds with N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands—Theoretical Evidence for a Class of Molecules with Promising Chemical Properties

Tonner, R., & Frenking, G. (2007) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.200701632 · Cited by 414

Equilibrium Ring-Closing Metathesis

Monfette, S., & Fogg, D. E. (2009) · Chemical Reviews · doi:10.1021/cr800541y · Cited by 389

Carbene-Stabilized Diphosphorus

Wang, Y., Xie, Y., Wei, P., King, R. B., Schaefer, H. F., Schleyer, P. V. R., & Robinson, G. H. (2008) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/ja807828t · Cited by 388

Structure and Reactivity of “Unusual” N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) Palladium Complexes Synthesized from Imidazolium Salts

Lebel, H., Janes, M. K., Charette, A. B., & Nolan, S. P. (2004) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/ja049759r · Cited by 376

Water Oxidation Catalyzed by Strong Carbene‐Type Donor‐Ligand Complexes of Iridium

Lalrempuia, R., McDaniel, N. D., Müller‐Bunz, H., Bernhard, S., & Albrecht, M. (2010) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.201005260 · Cited by 371

Divalent Carbon(0) Chemistry, Part 2: Protonation and Complexes with Main Group and Transition Metal Lewis Acids

Tonner, R., & Frenking, G. (2008) · Chemistry - A European Journal · doi:10.1002/chem.200701392 · Cited by 313

Isolation of crystalline carbene-stabilized P2-radical cations and P2-dications

Back, O., Donnadieu, B., Parameswaran, P., Frenking, G., & Bertrand, G. (2010) · Nature Chemistry · doi:10.1038/nchem.617 · Cited by 307

When and How Do Diaminocarbenes Dimerize?

Alder, R. W., Blake, M. E., Chaker, L., Harvey, J. N., Paolini, F., & Schütz, J. (2004) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.200400654 · Cited by 305

Carbene Activation of P4 and Subsequent Derivatization

Masuda, J. D., Schoeller, W. W., Donnadieu, B., & Bertrand, G. (2007) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.200703055 · Cited by 291

Nucleophile Carben-Chemie

Wanzlick, H.-W. (1962) · Angewandte Chemie · doi:10.1002/ange.19620740402 · Cited by 276

C4-bound imidazolylidenes: from curiosities to high-impact carbene ligands

Albrecht, M. (2008) · Chemical Communications · doi:10.1039/b806924g · Cited by 255

Divalent carbon(0) compounds

Frenking, G., & Tonner, R. (2009) · Pure and Applied Chemistry · doi:10.1351/pac-con-08-11-03 · Cited by 241

Intramolecular C−N Bond Addition of Amides to Alkynes Using Platinum Catalyst

Shimada, T., Nakamura, I., & Yamamoto, Y. (2004) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/ja047542r · Cited by 233

Synthesis of Substituted 1,2-Dihydroquinolines and Quinolines from Aromatic Amines and Alkynes by Gold(I)-Catalyzed Tandem Hydroamination−Hydroarylation under Microwave-Assisted Conditions

Liu, X.-Y., Ding, P., Huang, J.-S., & Che, C.-M. (2007) · Organic Letters · doi:10.1021/ol070814l · Cited by 228

Synthesis of Highly Stable 1,3-Diaryl-1 H-1,2,3-triazol-5-ylidenes and Their Applications in Ruthenium-Catalyzed Olefin Metathesis

Bouffard, J., Keitz, B. K., Tonner, R., Guisado-Barrios, G., Frenking, G., Grubbs, R. H., & Bertrand, G. (2011) · Organometallics · doi:10.1021/om200272m · Cited by 218

Carbene Stabilization of Diarsenic: From Hypervalency to Allotropy

Abraham, M. Y., Wang, Y., Xie, Y., Wei, P., Schaefer, H. F., Schleyer, P. V. R., & Robinson, G. H. (2010) · Chemistry – A European Journal · doi:10.1002/chem.200902840 · Cited by 209

Environmentally benign manufacturing of fine and intermediate chemicals

Hoelderich, W. F. (2000) · Catalysis Today · doi:10.1016/s0920-5861(00)00413-2 · Cited by 197

The Chemistry of Stable Carbenes. Part 2. Benzoin‐type condensations of formaldehyde catalyzed by stable carbenes

Henrique Teles, J., Melder, J., Ebel, K., Schneider, R., Gehrer, E., Harder, W., Brode, S., Enders, D., Breuer, K., & Raabe, G. (1996) · Helvetica Chimica Acta · doi:10.1002/hlca.19960790108 · Cited by 188

Copper(I) 1,2,3-Triazol-5-ylidene Complexes as Efficient Catalysts for Click Reactions of Azides with Alkynes

Nakamura, T., Terashima, T., Ogata, K., & Fukuzawa, S.-I. (2011) · Organic Letters · doi:10.1021/ol102858u · Cited by 186

Synthesis and Reactivity of Olefin Metathesis Catalysts Bearing Cyclic (Alkyl)(Amino)Carbenes

Anderson, D. R., Lavallo, V., O'Leary, D. J., Bertrand, G., & Grubbs, R. H. (2007) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.200702085 · Cited by 177

Intramolecular “Hydroiminiumation and -amidiniumation” of Alkenes: A Convenient, Flexible, and Scalable Route to Cyclic Iminium and Imidazolinium Salts

Jazzar, R., Bourg, J.-B., Dewhurst, R. D., Donnadieu, B., & Bertrand, G. (2007) · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · doi:10.1021/jo0703909 · Cited by 172

Kinetic Selectivity of Olefin Metathesis Catalysts Bearing Cyclic (Alkyl)(Amino)Carbenes

Anderson, D. R., Ung, T., Mkrtumyan, G., Bertrand, G., Grubbs, R. H., & Schrodi, Y. (2008) · Organometallics · doi:10.1021/om7008028 · Cited by 154

Divalent E(0) Compounds (E=Si–Sn)

Takagi, N., Shimizu, T., & Frenking, G. (2009) · Chemistry - A European Journal · doi:10.1002/chem.200901401 · Cited by 149

Tunable single-site ruthenium catalysts for efficient water oxidation

Bernet, L., Lalrempuia, R., Ghattas, W., Mueller‐Bunz, H., Vigara, L., Llobet, A., & Albrecht, M. (2011) · Chemical Communications · doi:10.1039/c1cc12615f · Cited by 146

Stable Versions of Transient Push-Pull Carbenes: Extending Lifetimes from Nanoseconds to Weeks

Buron, C., Gornitzka, H., Romanenko, V. D., & Bertrand, G. (2000) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.288.5467.834 · Cited by 145

Palladium complexes of abnormal N-heterocyclic carbenes as precatalysts for the much preferred Cu-free and amine-free Sonogashira coupling in air in a mixed-aqueous medium

John, A., Shaikh, M. M., & Ghosh, P. (2009) · Dalton Transactions · doi:10.1039/b913068c · Cited by 139

Synthesis and Tunability of Abnormal 1,2,3-Triazolylidene Palladium and Rhodium Complexes

Poulain, A., Canseco‐González, D., Hynes-Roche, R., Müller‐Bunz, H., Schuster, O., Stoeckli-Evans, H., Neels, A., & Albrecht, M. (2011) · Organometallics · doi:10.1021/om101076u · Cited by 138

Radical Deoxygenation of Xanthates and Related Functional Groups with New Minimalist N-Heterocyclic Carbene Boranes

Ueng, S., Fensterbank, L., Lacôte, E., et al. (2010) · Organic Letters · doi:10.1021/ol101015m · Cited by 134

Exocyclic Delocalization at the Expense of Aromaticity in 3,5-bis(π-Donor) Substituted Pyrazolium Ions and Corresponding Cyclic Bent Allenes

Fernández, I., Dyker, C. A., DeHope, A. J., Donnadieu, B., Frenking, G., & Bertrand, G. (2009) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/ja903396e · Cited by 127

Tolman’s Electronic Parameters for Divalent Carbon(0) Compounds

Tonner, R., & Frenking, G. (2009) · Organometallics · doi:10.1021/om900206w · Cited by 120

N-heterocyclic carbenes bearing two, one and no nitrogen atoms at the ylidene carbon: insight from theoretical calculations

Tukov, A. A., Normand, A. T., & Nechaev, M. S. (2009) · Dalton Transactions · doi:10.1039/b906969k · Cited by 113

Stability and Electronic Properties of Imidazole‐Based Mesoionic Carbenes

Ung, G., & Bertrand, G. (2011) · Chemistry - A European Journal · doi:10.1002/chem.201101130 · Cited by 101

Heterogeneous catalysts for hydroamination reactions: structure–activity relationship

Penzien, J., Haeßner, C., Jentys, A., Köhler, K., Müller, T. E., & Lercher, J. A. (2003) · Journal of Catalysis · doi:10.1016/s0021-9517(03)00283-5 · Cited by 91

Amino-Aryl-Carbenes: Alternative Ligands for Transition Metals?

Cattoën, X., Gornitzka, H., Bourissou, D., & Bertrand, G. (2004) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/ja0396854 · Cited by 86

A Stable Ruthenium Catalyst for Productive Olefin Metathesis

Forman, G. S., McConnell, A. E. C., Hanton, M. J., Slawin, A. M. Z., Tooze, R. P., van Rensburg, W. J., Meyer, W. H., Dwyer, C., Kirk, M. M., & Serfontein, D. W. (2004) · Organometallics · doi:10.1021/om049370c · Cited by 85

“COVALENT SELF-ASSEMBLY” OF ACYCLIC DIAMINOCARBENE LIGANDS AT METAL CENTERS

Slaughter, L. M. (2008) · Comments on Inorganic Chemistry · doi:10.1080/02603590802053139 · Cited by 58

Amination of 2-methylpropene over proton-exchanged ZSM-5 zeolite catalysts

Mizuno, N., Tabata, M., Uematsu, T., & Iwamoto, M. (1994) · Journal of Catalysis · doi:10.1016/0021-9517(94)90028-0 · Cited by 53

First Evidence for an Intermediate Nitrilo‐λ5‐phosphane

Sicard, G., Baceiredo, A., Bertrand, G., et al. (1984) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English · doi:10.1002/anie.198404591 · Cited by 48

Cyclic (Alkyl)(amino)carbenes (CAACs): Recent Developments

Melaimi, M., Jazzar, R., Soleilhavoup, M., & Bertrand, G. (2017) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.201702148 · Cited by 788

Determining the Ligand Properties of N‐Heterocyclic Carbenes from 77Se NMR Parameters

Verlinden, K., Buhl, H., Frank, W., & Ganter, C. (2015) · European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry · doi:10.1002/ejic.201500174 · Cited by 270

N-Heterocyclic Carbene—Main-Group Chemistry: A Rapidly Evolving Field

Wang, Y., & Robinson, G. H. (2014) · Inorganic Chemistry · doi:10.1021/ic502231m · Cited by 266

Highly Polarized Alkenes as Organocatalysts for the Polymerization of Lactones and Trimethylene Carbonate

Naumann, S., Thomas, A. W., & Dove, A. P. (2016) · ACS Macro Letters · doi:10.1021/acsmacrolett.5b00873 · Cited by 97