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N-Heterocyclic carbene complexes produced on industrial scale are presented in this chapter along with a discussion about their production. Details of processes employing NHC complexes on pilot to industrial scales are discussed. These are frequently oriented towards the synthesis of biologically active molecules, however, examples are given for rubber formation and for 1-octene synthesis, a comonomer for polyethylene synthesis.
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Briel, O., Cazin, C.S.J. (2010). N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes in Industrial Processes. In: Cazin, C. (eds) N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Transition Metal Catalysis and Organocatalysis. Catalysis by Metal Complexes, vol 32. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2866-2_14
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