Synthesis and redox activity of carbene-coordinated group 13 metal radicals
Bin Li, Blaise L. Geoghegan, Hanns M. Weinert, Christoph Wölper, George E. Cutsail, Stephan Schulz
Abstract
One-electron oxidation of carbene-stabilized aluminum and gallium dihalide radicals (3, 4) yielded the corresponding cations (5, 6), whose electronic structures were evaluated by quantum chemical calculations.
Topics & Concepts
CarbeneRadicalChemistryMain group elementMetalRedoxGroup (periodic table)Quantum chemicalCrystallographyMedicinal chemistryTransition metalStereochemistryInorganic chemistryMoleculeOrganic chemistryCatalysisSynthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compoundsOrganometallic Complex Synthesis and CatalysisN-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry