Activation of aldehydes via oxidative n-heterocyclic carbene catalysis

• Main Author: Mo, Junming
• Other Authors: Chi Yonggui
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Chemistry::Organic chemistry
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/62222
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

My Ph.D research mainly focuses on developing new reactions and synthetic methods via oxidative N-Heterocyclic Carbene catalysis. This thesis contains four major parts: Chapter 1 gives a brief introduction to history and present development of NHC catalysis, and shows the challenges in NHC catalysis...