In recent years, water-soluble N-heterocyclic carbene metal complex have been widely used in organic synthesis due to its high catalytic efficiency, good selectivity and stability. It is playing an increasingly important role in the selective catalytic organic reactions and has aroused great concern. This paper reviews the types, the synthesis and the application of research results of water-soluble Nheterocyclic carbene metal compound in the field of organometallic catalytic chemistry, and its prospect is also depicted.

water-soluble  /  N-heterocyclic carbene  /  catalytic reaction