Cyclophane-type imidazolium salts with planar chirality as a new class of N-heterocyclic carbene precursors

Article abstract of DOI:10.1002/chem.200800942

Cyclophane-type imidazolium salts with planar chirality were synthesized from enantiopure 2-amino alcohols, of which the N(1) and N(3) positions were connected with a bridge. The structural profiles of the imidazolium salts and their derivative N-heterocy