Instituto Universitario de Química Organometálica "Enrique Moles", Unidad Asociada al CSIC, Universidad de Oviedo, C/Julián Clavería, 8, 33006 Oviedo, Spain. barluenga@uniovi.es
Abstract:
The utility of fluoride anion as promoter of the oxidation of Fischer carbene complexes is presented. Two different and complementary methods that allow the fast and convenient preparation of carbene-derived esters in good yields have been developed using stoichiometric or catalytic quantities of fluoride ion.