CHLORO[1,3-BIS(2,6-DI-I-PROPYLPHENYL)IMIDAZOL-2-YLIDENE]COPPER(I)

Reaction

1. Catalyst for the aziridination of olefins.
2. Mild catalyst, superior to CuCl, in the methylenetriphenylphosphorane methyleneation of aldehydes and ketones.
3. Copper(I) catalyzed alkylation of aryl and alkenylsilanes.
4. Copper-catalyzed formal methylative and hydrogenative carboxylation of alkynes with carbon dioxide.
5. Regioselective copper-catalyzed carboxylation of allylboronates with carbon dioxide.
6. Carboxylation of organoboronic esters with potassium methyl carbonate under copper catalysis.
7. Catalytic anti-Markovnikov hydrobromination of alkynes.
8. Copper-catalyzed borylative cross-coupling of allenes and imines.

Uses