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Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2017 Jul 17;56(30):8790-8794. doi: 10.1002/anie.201704185. Epub 2017 Jun 23.

α-Radical Phosphines: Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity.

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)

Lianghu Gu, Yiying Zheng, Estela Haldón, Richard Goddard, Eckhard Bill, Walter Thiel, Manuel Alcarazo

Affiliations

  1. Institut für Organische und Biomolekulare Chemie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Tammannstr 2, 37077, Göttingen, Germany.
  2. Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser Wilhelm Platz 1, 45470, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.
  3. Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Energiekonversion, Stiftstrasse 34-36, 45470, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.

PMID: 28544330 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201704185

Abstract

A series of phosphines featuring a persistent radical were synthesized in two steps by condensation of dialkyl-/diarylchlorophosphines with stable cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbenes (cAACs) followed by one-electron reduction of the corresponding cationic intermediates. Structural, spectroscopic, and computational data indicate that the spin density in these phosphines is mainly localized on the original carbene carbon from the cAAC fragment; thus, it remains in the α-position with respect to the central phosphorus atom. The potential of these α-radical phosphines to serve as spin-labeled ligands is demonstrated through the preparation of several Au

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Keywords: X-ray crystallography; carbenes; gold complexes; radicals; α-radical phosphines

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