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Chemical Society Reviews· 2012Q1· Review

Organocatalytic umpolung: N-heterocyclic carbenes and beyond

Xavier Bugaut, Frank Glorius

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N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) enable organocatalytic umpolung by acting as acyl anion equivalents, a strategy that has since been expanded to other organocatalyst families.

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Field: Organic Chemistry

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