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Generation and Characterization of the First Persistent Platinum(I)‐Centered Radical
Author(s) -
Kratish Yosi,
Kostenko Arseni,
Kaushansky Alexander,
Tumanskii Boris,
BravoZhivotovskii Dmitry,
Apeloig Yitzhak
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.201805107
Subject(s) - platinum , homolysis , chemistry , electron paramagnetic resonance , density functional theory , bond cleavage , photochemistry , radical , computational chemistry , catalysis , organic chemistry , nuclear magnetic resonance , physics
The first persistent platinum(I)‐centered radical was generated by homolytic cleavage of a Pt−HgSiR 3 bond of a mercury‐substituted platinum(II) complex. The Pt I radical was characterized by EPR spectroscopy, chemical trapping experiments, and density functional theory (DFT) calculations.