Interlocking increases the persistence of N-heterocyclic carbenes in solution.
Hsueh, Fang-Che; Tsai, Chi-You; Lai, Chien-Chen; Liu, Yi-Hung; Peng, Shie-Ming; Chiu, Sheng-Hsien; Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) 56 (2020) 4773–4776; doi:10.1039/d0cc01183e

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 Interlocking increases the persistence of N-heterocyclic carbenes in
 solution.
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