Electronic Asymmetry of an Annellated Pyridyl–Mesoionic Carbene Scaffold: Application in Pd(II) Catalyzed Wacker‒type Oxidation of Olefins

The two donor modules of an annellated pyridyl–mesoionic carbene ligand (aPmic) have different sigma– and pi–bonding characteristics leading to its electronic asymmetry. A Pd(II) complex 1 featurin...