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Reaction of 1,3-dialkylperhydrobenzimidazolinylidene, 1,3-dialkyl-4-methylimidazolinylidene and 1,3-dialkylimidazolinylidene with [RhCl(COD)]2 yields {1,3-dialkylperhydrobenzimidazolin-2-ylidene}-, {1,3-dialkyl-4-methylimidazolin-2-ylidene}- {1,3-dialkylimidazolin-2-ylidene}chloro(η4-1,5-cyclooctadiene)rhodium(I) complexes (2a–c) and (4a, b). All compounds synthesised were characterised by elemental analysis, n.m.r. spectroscopy. Phenylboronic acid reacts with aldehydes in the presence of a catalytic amount of the new rhodium(I)–carbene complexes (2a–c) and (4a, b), to give the corresponding aryl secondary alcohols in good yield (73–99%).
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Yiğit, M., Özdemir, I., Çetinkaya, E. et al. Novel rhodium N-heterocyclic carbene catalysed arylation of aldehydes with phenylboronic acid. Transition Met Chem 32, 536–540 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11243-007-0208-4
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