N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) promote the transfer hydrogenation of various activated C![[double bond, length as m-dash]](https://www.rsc.org/images/entities/char_e001.gif)
C, CN, and NN bonds with water as the proton source. The NHCs act as reducing reagents to be converted into their oxides. A detailed reaction mechanism is proposed on the basis of deuterium-labeling experiments.
T. Kato, S. Matsuoka and M. Suzuki, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 13906 DOI: 10.1039/C5CC05117G
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