Abstract
The versatile nucleophilic organic catalysts N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) have been shown to effectively mediate the transesterification of phosphorus esters under mild conditions; user-friendly imidazolium salts can also be employed as pre-catalysts.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 5456-5458 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Chemical Communications |
Issue number | 43 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 21 2005 |
Externally published | Yes |