Syntheses and characterizations of thiolato-functionalized N-heterocyclic carbene Pd(ii) complexes with normal and mesoionic binding modes

Article abstract of DOI:10.1039/c1dt10789e

The thiolato-bridged dimeric Pd(ii) NHC complex 1 has been synthesized from the reaction of thioester-functionalized imidazolium salt B and Pd(OAc) ₂. The isolation of its interesting constitutional isomer 2 bearing both classical C(2)-bound an