Isolation of Transient Acyclic Germanium(I) Radicals Stabilized by Cyclic Alkyl(amino) Carbenes

Mujahuddin M. Siddiqui, Samir Kumar Sarkar, Soumen Sinhababu, Paul Niklas Ruth, Regine Herbst-Irmer, Dietmar Stalke, Munmun Ghosh, Mingxing Fu, Lili Zhao, David Casanova, Gernot Frenking, Brigitte Schwederski, Wolfgang Kaim, Herbert W. Roesky

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Abstract

Despite the notable progress in the stabilization of main group radicals by NHCs and cAACs, no germanium radicals have been isolated so far due to synthetic challenges. Stabilization of neutral [:E I R] (E = Si, Ge) radicals is an uphill task, as these reactive transient species are highly susceptible to dimerization. Herein, we report the synthesis of acyclic neutral germanium(I) radicals Cy-cAAC:GeN(SiMe 3 )Dip (1) and Me-cAAC:GeN(SiPh 3 )Mes (2) obtained by the reduction of [Ar(SiR 3 )NGeCl 3 ] with KC 8 in the presence of cAAC. Compounds 1 and 2 are well characterized by single crystal X-ray structural analysis, cyclic voltammetry, and EPR spectroscopy. Furthermore, the structure and bonding of compounds 1 and 2 have been investigated by theoretical methods.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1908-1912
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society
Volume141
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 6 Feb 2019

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