The Free Internet Journal Review for Organic Chemistry Archive for Arkivoc 2017, part i, 257-355 Organic Chemistry Synthesis and properties of heteroaromatic carbenes of the imidazole and triazole series and their fused analogues Nikolai І. Korotkikh,a* Аlan H. Cowley,b Jason A.C. Clyburne,c Katherine N. Robertson,c Vagiz Sh. Saberov,a Nataliya V. Glinyanaya,d Gennady F. Rayenko,d and Оles P. Shvaikad a The Institute of Organic Chemistry, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, 5, Murmanskaya Str., Kiev-94 02660, Ukraine b Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station A5300, Austin, Texas 78712-0165, USA c The Atlantic Centre for Green Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3C3, Сanada d The L.M. Litvinenko Institute of Physical Organic and Coal Chemistry, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, 50 Kharkiv road, Kiev 02160, Ukraine E-mail:
[email protected] Received 03-24-2017 Accepted 06-05-2017 Published on line 07-26-2017 Abstract The present review deals with the syntheses and properties of individual heteroaromatic carbenes of the imidazole, 1,2,4- and 1,2,3-triazole series, their fused analogs and mesoionic carbenes including unprecedented structures such as hyperbasic and hypernucleophilic carbenes. Particular emphasis is placed on their physical properties, novel chemical transformations, and catalytic properties. Keywords. Heteroaromatic carbenes, imidazoles, 1,2,3-triazoles, 1,2,4-triazoles. DOI: https://doi.org/10.24820/ark.5550190.p010.110 Page 257 ©ARKAT USA, Inc Arkivoc 2017, i, 257-355 Korotkikh, N. I. et al. Table of Contents 1.