What can NMR spectroscopy of selenoureas and phosphinidenes teach us about the π-accepting abilities of N-heterocyclic carbenes?
Vummaleti, Sai V. C.; Nelson, David J.; Poater, Albert; Gómez-Suárez, Adrián; Cordes, David B.; Slawin, Alexandra M. Z.; Nolan, Steven P.; Cavallo, Luigi; Chem. Sci. 6 (2015) 1895–; doi:10.1039/C4SC03264K

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 What can NMR spectroscopy of selenoureas and phosphinidenes teach us
 about the \p-accepting abilities of N-heterocyclic carbenes?
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