Selenium NMR has become a standard tool for scaling the π-accepting character of carbenes. Herein, we highlight that non-classical hydrogen bonding (NCHB), likely resulting from hyperconjugation, can play a significant role in the carbene-selenium 77 Se NMR chemical shift, thus triggering a non-linear behavior of the Se-Scale.
Keywords: N-heterocyclic carbenes; carbenes; cyclic alkyl amino carbenes; hydrogen bonding; selenium scale.
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