A COMBINED EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL STUDY OF BOND ACTI VATION REACTIONS IN RUTHENIUM N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENE COMPLEX

Chemistry

1. N-Heterocyclic Carbene 100%
2. Carbene 37%
3. Ruthenium 25%
4. Heterocyclic Compound 25%
5. Indole 18%
6. Hydrogen Bond 18%
7. Base 12%
8. Oxidative Addition 12%
9. Catalyst Activity 12%
10. EPR Spectroscopy 12%
11. formation 12%
12. Density Functional Theory 12%
13. hydrogenation of ketones 12%
14. Electronic State 12%
15. Ambient Reaction Temperature 10%
16. Halide 9%
17. Density Functional Theory 9%
18. Deprotonation 8%
19. 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane 6%
20. X-Ray Crystallography 6%
21. Acetonitrile 6%
22. Magnetic Anisotropy 6%