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Synthesis of water-soluble mono- and ditopic imidazoliums for carbene ligands

Anstey, Mitchell A.; Cordaro, Joseph G.; Feng, Patrick L.; Murtagh, Dustin M.; Mengesha, Wondwosen M.; Stavila, Vitalie S.

Synthesis of ditopic imidazoliums was achieved using a modular step-wise procedure. The procedure itself is amenable to a wide array of functional groups that can be incorporated into the imidazolium architecture. The resulting compounds range from ditopic zwitterions to highly-soluble dicationic aromatics