Nature Communications (May 2017)

New Blatter-type radicals from a bench-stable carbene

  • Jacob A. Grant,
  • Zhou Lu,
  • David E. Tucker,
  • Bryony M. Hockin,
  • Dmitry S. Yufit,
  • Mark A. Fox,
  • Ritu Kataky,
  • Victor Chechik,
  • AnnMarie C. O’Donoghue

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15088
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Blatter’s radicals are highly valuable stable organic free radicals, comprising a heterocyclic ring system functionalized with a heteroaryl or alkyl group at the C-3 position. Here, the authors report a synthetic strategy to obtain Blatter’s radical substituted with an amine and amide group.