Versatile Methods for the Synthesis of Si(OR)3-Functionalised Imidazolium Salts, Potential Precursors for Heterogeneous NHC Catalysts
and Composite Materials
Catherine S. J. Cazina,b, Michael Veith*a, Pierre Braunstein*c, Robin B. Bedford*b a Universität des Saarlandes, Anorganische Chemie, Geb. 23.1, Postfach 151150, 66041 Saarbrücken, Germany Fax: +49(681)3023995; e-Mail: veith@mx.uni-saarland.de; b Department of Chemistry, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QD, UK c Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, UMR 7513 CNRS, Université Louis Pasteur, 4 rue Blaise Pascal, 67070 Strasbourg, France