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Intermediacy of an N-heterocyclic carbene complex in the catalytic C-H activation of a substituted benzimidazole
Tan, Kian L.,Bergman, Robert G.,Ellman, Jonathan A.
, p. 3202 - 3203 (2002)
An N-heterocyclic carbene complex was found to be the active catalyst in the Rh(I)-catalyzed intramolecular coupling of an alkenyl group to a C-H bond of a substituted benzimidazole. Kinetic studies demonstrated that the catalytic cyclization is zero-orde