Abstract:
The activation of simple organic molecules by more than one
transition metal constitutes an area of research that has grown
in importance. The applications of carbenes as active or auxiliary
ligands in organic synthesis and catalysis, however, are mostly
focused on monocarbene systems. Examples of large assemblies
of carbene units (carbene supramolecular chemistry) are scarce
and only a few carbene complexes are known to be part of small
metal organic frameworks (MOFs). In fact very few studies on
multimetal carbene complexes or multicarbene metal complexes
have been recorded.