Cover Feature: Base‐Ionizable Anionic NHC Ligands in Pd‐catalyzed Reactions of Aryl Chlorides (ChemCatChem 5/2024)

The Cover Feature illustrates an acceleration effect of novel anionic N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands in Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions with unactivated aryl chlorides. In their Research Article, V. M. Chernyshev, V. P. Ananikov et al. report on the synthesis and catalytic activity studies of new base-ionizable NHCs and their Pd complexes that deprotonate in basic reaction media and, due to the negative charge on the NHC, significantly facilitate the oxidative addition of aryl chlorides compared to conventional NHCs of close steric bulkiness.More information can be found in the Research Article by V. M. Chernyshev, V. P. Ananikov et al.