N-Heterocyclic carbenes are widely used in organic reactions and coordination chemistry. In the present study, 2,3-dihydro-1,3-diisopropyl-4,5-dimethylimidazol-2-ylidene (1) is reacted with diphenyl disulfide, methyl phenyl disulfide, and bis(methylsulfonyl)methane to yield target compounds 5, 6, and 7 respectively. | Synthesis and characterization of some derivatives of 1 3-Diisopropyl-4 5-dimethylimidazol-2-ylidene Current Chemistry Letters 9 2020 199 204 Contents lists available at GrowingScience Current Chemistry Letters homepage Synthesis and characterization of some derivatives of 1 3-Diisopropyl-4 5- dimethylimidazol-2-ylidene Eyad Mallaha Kamal Sweidanb Luay Abu-Qatousehaa Tawfiq Arafatc and Rajendra Joshid a Faculty of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences University of Petra Amman Jordan b Department of Chemistry The University of Jordan Amman Jordan c Jordan Center for Pharmaceutical Research Amman Jordan d Department of Chemical Science and Engineering School of Engineering Kathmandu University Nepal CHRONICLE ABSTRACT Article history N-Heterocyclic carbenes are widely used in organic reactions and coordination chemistry. In Received February 28 2020 the present study 2 3-dihydro-1 3-diisopropyl-4 5-dimethylimidazol-2-ylidene 1 is reacted Received in revised form with diphenyl disulfide methyl phenyl disulfide and bis methylsulfonyl methane to yield April 9 2020 target compounds 5 6 and 7 respectively. Structures of these compounds are well established Accepted April 9 2020 using nuclear magnetic resonance mass spectrometry and elemental analysis. Possible reaction Available online mechanisms are proposed. April 10 2020 Keywords N-Heterocyclic carbenes NMR MS data Synthesis 2 3-Dihydro-1 3- diisopropyl-4 5- dimethylimidazol-2-ylidene 2020 Growing Science Ltd. All rights reserved. 1. Introduction N-Heterocyclic carbenes NHCs have played an important role in various fields of chemistry including medicinal chemistry transition metal catalysis and material More specifically NHCs have recently received significant attention for the development of materials and novel 3 Further NHCs are proven major ligand On the other hand a 2 3-dihydro-1 3-diisopropyl-4 5- dimethylimidazol-2-ylidene 1 has a strong basic character and .
