Inorganic Chemistry, Vol.49, No.18, 8182-8184, 2010
N-Heterocyclic Carbene Embedded in an N-Confused Porphyrin Framework
A rhenium(I) complex of an N-heterocyclic carbene ligand embedded in an N-confused porphyrin core was serendipitously synthesized by the reaction of an inner-methylated N-confused porphyrin with Re-2(CO)(10).