A dense and thorough analysis of the importance of carbenoid bonding in pyridinium-derived carbenes that involved the management of input from several workgroups. A valuable experience for a green corresponding author like me.
“Pyridine-derived NHCs: An experimental and theoretical evaluation of the bonding in and reactivity of selected normal and abnormal complexes of Ni(II) and Pd(II)” E. Stander, O. Schuster, G. Heydenrych, S. Cronje, E. Tosh, M. Albrecht, G. Frenking, H. G. Raubenheimer, Organometallics 2010, 29, 5821-5833.
Article and abstract available from ACS here, or free of charge for the first 50 interested here.