N-Heterocyclic carbenes versus transition metals for stabilizing phosphinyl radicals

Olivier Back, Bruno Donnadieu, Moritz von Hopffgarten, Susanne Klein, Ralf Tonner, Gernot Frenking, Guy Bertrand

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Abstract

It is shown that vanadium-iminato ligands are more efficient than imidazolidin-2-iminato substituents to delocalize the spin density from a phosphorus nucleus. However, the latter is stabilizing enough to allow for the isolation and characterization in the liquid and solid states of a neutral phosphinyl radical.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)858-861
Number of pages4
JournalChemical Science
Volume2
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 May 2011
Externally publishedYes

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