Stable carbenes as strong bases

1 January 1995

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications

No. 12,p. 1267-1268
https://doi.org/10.1039/c39950001267

Abstract

The stable carbene 1,3-diisopropyl-4,5-dimethylimidazol-2-ylidene has a pK_a of 24 in (CD₃)₂SO and gives an elimination:substitution ratio with 2-bromopropane comparable to that of 1,5-diazabicyclo[4.3.0]non-5-ene (DBN).

Keywords

CARBENES
PKA
YLIDENE
DIISOPROPYL
2SO
DIAZABICYCLO
BROMOPROPANE
DIMETHYLIMIDAZOL
SUBSTITUTION
DBN

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