The capture and characterization of highly reactive and short-lived intermediates in organic catalytic reactions are challenging yet are very important for mechanism elucidation. Recently in Matter, Guo and co-workers employed single-molecule electrical spectroscopy (SMES) to detect the key intermediate and analyze the mechanism of N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) catalyzed benzoin reactions.

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有机催化反应中间体的单分子电光谱可视化

有机催化反应中高活性和短寿命中间体的捕获和表征具有挑战性，但对于机理阐明非常重要。最近在Matter 中，Guo 及其同事采用单分子电光谱（SMES）检测关键中间体并分析了N-杂环卡宾（NHC）催化安息香反应的机理。