Contemporary Carbene Chemistry (eBook)

Presents the most innovative results in carbene chemistry,
setting the foundation for new discoveries and applications

The discovery of stable carbenes has reinvigorated carbene
chemistry research, with investigators seeking to develop carbenes
into new useful catalysts and ligands. Presenting the most
innovative and promising areas of carbene research over the past
decade, this book explores newly discovered structural, catalytic,
and organometallic aspects of carbene chemistry, with an emphasis
on new and emerging synthetic applications.

Contemporary Carbene Chemistry features contributions
from an international team of pioneering carbene chemistry
researchers. Collectively, these authors have highlighted the most
interesting and promising areas of investigation in the field. The
book is divided into two parts:

* Part 1, Properties and Reactions of Carbenes, explores
new findings on carbene stability, acid-base behavior, and
catalysis. Carbenic structure and reactivity are examined in
chapters dedicated to stable carbenes, carbodicarbenes, carbenes as
guests in supramolecular hosts, tunneling in carbene and oxacarbene
reactions, and ultrafast kinetics of carbenes and their excited
state precursors. Theoretical concerns are addressed in chapters on
computational methods and dynamics applied to carbene
reactions.

* Part 2, Metal Carbenes, is dedicated to the synthetic
dimensions of carbenes, particularly the reactions and catalytic
properties of metal carbenes. The authors discuss lithium, rhodium,
ruthenium, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, cobalt, and gold.

All the chapters conclude with a summary of the current
situation, new challenges on the horizon, and promising new
research directions. A list of key reviews and suggestions for
further reading also accompanies every chapter.

Each volume of the Wiley Series on Reactive Intermediates in
Chemistry and Biology focuses on a specific reactive intermediate,
offering a broad range of perspectives from leading experts that
sets the stage for new applications and further discoveries.