carbenes are C-deprotonated imidazolium or dihydroimidazolium salts. They often are deployed as ancillary ligands in organometallic chemistry. Such carbenes are usually very strong ?-donor spectator ligands, similar to phosphines.

Industrial applications

A large-scale application of carbenes is the industrial production of tetrafluoroethylene, the precursor

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