@article {42433, title = {Reaction of N-heterocyclic carbenes with chalcones leading to the synthesis of deoxy-breslow intermediates in their oxidized form}, journal = {Chemical Communications}, volume = {51}, year = {2015}, month = {JUL}, pages = {13690-13693}, abstract = {

The synthesis of deoxy-Breslow intermediates in their oxidized form has been developed\ via\ the reaction of N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) with chalcones. Moreover, the initial tetrahedral adduct formed from the 1,4-addition of NHCs to chalcones is also isolated.

}, doi = {10.1039/C5CC05800G}, author = {Bhunia, Anup and Thorat, Shridhar H. and Gonnade, Rajesh G. and Biju, Akkattu T.} }