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	- Precursor to the nucleophilic carbene that serves as a bulky, electron-rich "phosphine mimic" for metal-catalyzed reactions.
 
	(a) Palladium-catalyzed Suzuki cross-coupling of aryl chlorides. 
	(b) Palladium-catalyzed Kumada cross-coupling of aryl chlorides. 
	(c) Ruthenium-carbene catalysts for ring-closing metathesis. 
	(d) Suzuki coupling of aryltrimethylammonium salts. 
	(e) Sonogashira coupling of aryl bromides. 
	- Precursor to a nucleophilic carbene that serves as catalyst.
 
	- Ligand for arylation of aldehydes.
 
	- Ligand for carbene catalyzed intermolecular arylation of C-H bonds.
 
	- Catalyst for boron conjugate additions to cyclic and acyclic α,β-unsaturated carbonyls.
 
	- Ligand for dehydrogenative cyclocondensation of aldehydes, alkynes, and dialkylsilanes.
 
	- Precursor for carbene for conjugate silylation of alpha, beta-unsaturated carbonyls.
 
 
  
  
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