From stable Sb- and Bi-centered radicals to a compound with a Ga=Sb double bond

Chelladurai Ganesamoorthy; Christoph Helling; Christoph Wölper; Walter Frank; Eckhard Bill; George E. Cutsail; Stephan Schulz

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-02581-2

Nature Communications (Jan 2018)

From stable Sb- and Bi-centered radicals to a compound with a Ga=Sb double bond

Chelladurai Ganesamoorthy,
Christoph Helling,
Christoph Wölper,
Walter Frank,
Eckhard Bill,
George E. Cutsail,
Stephan Schulz

Affiliations

Chelladurai Ganesamoorthy: Institute for Inorganic Chemistry and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (Cenide), University of Duisburg-Essen
Christoph Helling: Institute for Inorganic Chemistry and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (Cenide), University of Duisburg-Essen
Christoph Wölper: Institute for Inorganic Chemistry and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (Cenide), University of Duisburg-Essen
Walter Frank: Institute for Inorganic Chemistry and Structural Chemistry, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Eckhard Bill: Max-Planck-Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion (CEC)
George E. Cutsail: Max-Planck-Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion (CEC)
Stephan Schulz: Institute for Inorganic Chemistry and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (Cenide), University of Duisburg-Essen

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02581-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Radicals of heavy main-group elements represent important intermediates in chemical synthesis, yet few have been isolated. Here the authors stabilize neutral stibinyl and bismuthinyl radicals using gallium-based ligands, and reduce the former to afford a Ga=Sb double bond-containing complex.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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