A series of N -heterocyclic carbene (NHC)AgCl complexes [NHC = SIMes ( 1 ), IPr ( 2 ), SIPr ( 3 ), IPrMe ( 4 ), IMe ( 5 ), ICy ( 6 ), IAd ( 7 ), IsB ( 8 ), IDD ( 9 ), and TPh ( 10 )] have been synthesized through reaction of the imidazolium chloride salts with Ag 2 O or by direct metalation of the c...