Synthesis, Cytotoxicity and Antibacterial Studies of Novel Symmetrically and Nonsymmetrically 4-(Methoxycarbonyl)benzyl-Substituted N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Silver Acetate Complexes
ate (2), symmetrically and nonsymmetrically 4‐(methoxycarbonyl)benzyl‐substituted N‐heterocyclic carbene (NHC) precursors, 3a–3f, were synthesized. These NHC precursors were then reacted with silver(I) acetate (AgOAc) to yield the NHC–silver acetatecomplexes (acetato‐κO)1,3‐bis[4‐(methoxycarbonyl)benzyl]imidazol‐2‐ylidene}silver (4a), (acetato‐κO)4,5‐dichloro‐1,3‐bis[4‐(methoxycarbonyl)benzyl]‐2